Top law firm in Google antitrust trial locked in ethics dispute

A federal judge will decide if the firm get thrown off the case for ethics violations, according to legal filings.

in the coming weeks whether one of Google’s leading legal advisors – New York-based law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison – will get thrown off the case for ethics violations, according to

With Paul Weiss having since been hired by Google, Yelp has filed a legal motion to get the firm removed from the case, despite the fact Yelp isn’t involved. In a Sept. 22 filing, Yelp complained that it never granted a waiver to the law firm to switch its allegiances. Some anti-tech critics like Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, say it’s possible the judge could throw Paul Weiss off the case.

“You know the other side’s strengths and weaknesses and information you’re literally not supposed to know,” Hauser said. “They have had privileged insight into clients fighting against Google’s monopoly and now have that information on behalf of Google.”

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