{
  "id": 206903,
  "title": "LinkedIn executives can be questioned in antitrust lawsuit, judge rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/linkedin-executives-can-be-questioned-in-antitrust-lawsuit-judge-rules",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T04:03:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/linkedin-executives-can-be-questioned-in-antitrust-lawsuit-judge-rules/articleshow/132981146.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said in an order on Tuesday that the plaintiffs can depose LinkedIn's current chief executive Daniel Shapero for four hours, and question former CEO Hoffman for three hours. Hoffman sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in 2016.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}