> Google’s duty to preserve documents began when it reasonably anticipated litigation. According to the company’s privilege logs, beginning as early as May 2019

> Google’s duty to preserve documents began when it reasonably anticipated litigation. According to the company’s privilege logs, beginning as early as May 2019, Google began withholding materials “compiled in connection with ongoing DOJ investigation.” The United States then issued its first Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Google on August 30, 2019, and issued two subsequent CIDs in October 2019. If I'm reading this right- they allege that Google knew because they had already began withholding some materials and were issued 3 CIDs.