By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026Then, that judge/lawyer/suitor concludes the trial by banging their gavel and announcing that they've decided that the family house will be awarded to...the judge! 1120
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026The *most* absurd part of this farce is the lawyers who defend it on behalf of companies like Google. If a Google lawyer ever showed up to to defend the company in a trial where the judge was working for the plaintiff, they would scream blue murder and refuse to proceed until the judge was removed. 180
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026But when *Google* operates a business where it presides over transactions where it has nothing *but* conflicts of interest, these same lawyers argue that Google would *never* cheat a seller *or* a buyer. 180
