“Last week, according to our calculations, over half of the trial, including testimony from key witnesses, happened in closed session, unavailable to the public.”
On Friday, Sept. 22, every minute of testimony in the Google search trial was sealed. The public heard ten minutes of open-court testimony from John Giannandrea, the Apple executive who ran Google Search before he switched sides. Google’s lawyers argued documents should stay sealed because publishing them would be “clickbait.” Judge Amit Mehta says he can’t see around every corner, so he lets Google draw the map.