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Out of the blue, Google’s attorney Kyle Mach asked this question: “You don’t think a case of this magnitude should be decided on back of the envelope calculations, do you?”

Incredibly, Tadelis seemed to know what he was talking about: “That is one of many pieces of evidence in my reports.”

I checked the live transcript, and this exchange seemed to be a complete non sequitur. What... were they talking about? It came right after a statement about how much Tadelis is getting paid.

Tadelis’ replies are getting amusingly snippy, by the way. Mach asked if Google “might have to charge fees for the other services it doesn’t charge for today.”

“It might not,” Tadelis replied. Then Mach and Tadelis went back and forth with “it might?” and “it might not” several times.

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