Will Google Get Everything It Asked For In Protective Order Against Texas AG Ken Paxton?

Google logo at the company’s office in Hamburg, Germany.

Last week, Google filed a petition in the Texas state court of Travis County for a protective order against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is leading a multistate antitrust investigation against the company.

According the New York Times, the petition largely takes issue with the safeguards put in place around how Google’s sensitive business documents—including whitepapers and internal planning memos—would be shared with outside consultants on the investigation.

The company reportedly asked to be notified in advance before the attorney general’s office shared its confidential documents with third parties. It also called for a “cooling-off” period that would keep those consultants from transitioning immediately to a new job with one of Google’s competitors.