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After being prodded by a judge to swear off the practice, lawyers from Google and Oracle have agreed not to do any Internet research on jurors in their upcoming high-stakes copyright trial.
In a March 24 order (PDF), US District Judge William Alsup urged the two sides to make such an agreement. At that time, he indicated that Google was willing to forego researching jurors on social media, but Oracle's lawyers balked.
Looking at jurors' online information isn't unusual in high-stakes corporate trials these days, but Alsup nonetheless offered a pointed critique of the lawyers' intentions.
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