Google Must Disclose Emails in Russian Oligarch’s Divorce
- Company argued it can’t disclose information under privacy law
- Couple’s son is accused of deception in London court fight
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Google was ordered by a U.S. judge to turn over the content of emails of the son of Farkhad Akhmedov to the Russian oligarch’s former wife in her pursuit of a 450 million-pound ($601 million) divorce judgment.
The skirmish over the email accounts is part of one of London’s largest divorce fights -- involving a super yacht in Dubai and litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. -- which landed before a judge in San Jose, California, in the federal court closest to Google’s Mountain View headquarters 14 miles away.