Awkwardness as a litigation tool

"I wanted a courtroom where the government and Google were at the same table, hand in hand, and somebody is challenging them." Reback declared. "Because when I did the Microsoft case, that was the turning point. When the government had to sit at the same table with Microsoft and defend them… I wanted the commissioners to feel the cosmetics if you will, the presence of the government defending Google’s conduct in litigating against a consumer protection agency, I wanted to know if they feel proud of that."

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By the way, if you want to use wireless at Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto you have to sign into Facebook first.  Well, that's not exactly right.  There's a bypass option at the bottom of the Facebook page.  It doesn't work.