"Some 40 lawyers working on a DOJ antitrust inquiry into Google parent Alphabet were reportedly told to wrap up their work by the end of this month."
"Some argued this summer in a memo that ran hundreds of pages that they could bring a strong case but needed more time."
40 lawyers? When did this start. Yet they had enough time to write a several hundred page memo to complain that they needed more time? How freaking long does this take? How inefficient could they be? The ones complaining are probably Rats trying to delay until after the election.
Dude. Antitrust trials can take years to litigate, and mountains, literal libraries of documents gathered and managed. For example, the anti-trust litigation against Microsoft started in 92, with investigation, and wasn't litigated until 2001.
And, for every lawyer on board, add in at least two paralegals for each one (if not more, I would say at least 10 for each one on a case this big), and all manner of support staff. A literal army of people are guaranteed working on this, past the 40 official lawyers assigned to it. Just having 40 lawyers alone is a big deal.
And, lawyers always ask for more time. Job security.
Yes, antitrust trials can drag on for years. This is just the filing of the antitrust charges. I may be off here, but how long should that typically take? Seriously, I don't know but this just seems awfully long.
"Some 40 lawyers working on a DOJ antitrust inquiry into Google parent Alphabet were reportedly told to wrap up their work by the end of this month."
"Some argued this summer in a memo that ran hundreds of pages that they could bring a strong case but needed more time."
40 lawyers? When did this start. Yet they had enough time to write a several hundred page memo to complain that they needed more time? How freaking long does this take? How inefficient could they be? The ones complaining are probably Rats trying to delay until after the election.
Dude. Antitrust trials can take years to litigate, and mountains, literal libraries of documents gathered and managed. For example, the anti-trust litigation against Microsoft started in 92, with investigation, and wasn't litigated until 2001.
And, for every lawyer on board, add in at least two paralegals for each one (if not more, I would say at least 10 for each one on a case this big), and all manner of support staff. A literal army of people are guaranteed working on this, past the 40 official lawyers assigned to it. Just having 40 lawyers alone is a big deal.
And, lawyers always ask for more time. Job security.
Yes, antitrust trials can drag on for years. This is just the filing of the antitrust charges. I may be off here, but how long should that typically take? Seriously, I don't know but this just seems awfully long.