Ninth Circuit Rejects Consumers' Bid to Depose Google, Apple CEOs

A group of consumers' bid to depose Google's and Apple's CEOs in antitrust litigation has been rejected by the Ninth Circuit. The court denied a petition for writ of mandamus challenging a lower court's order rejecting repeated requests to question Google's and Apple's CEOs, as well as several other executives.

The lawsuit alleges that Google shut out competitors, but the consumers' efforts to depose the tech giants' leaders were rejected by the district court. The Ninth Circuit has now confirmed this decision, leaving the consumers with limited avenues for questioning those involved in the alleged anticompetitive practices.

The rejection of the petition for writ of mandamus is a significant setback for the consumers seeking to hold Google and Apple accountable through discovery. This ruling may limit their ability to gather crucial information from top executives at these tech companies.