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by throwawaykf02 4672 days ago
He disclosed his relationship with Oracle four months before the judge asked both companies to "name their shills" [1,2]. It was a highly unusual and controversial order [3], so it's not like Mueller, or indeed anybody, could have predicted this and "come clean" in advance.

Also note that Oracle had that one name on its list. Google had a much longer list. Further, I think the judge erred by not requiring both sides to disclose relevant PR ties, because really, it's the PR companies that oversee the shilling [4, 5]

1. http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/04/oracle-v-google-trial-evi...

2. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/name-your-shills-...

3. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/with-anti-shill-o...

4. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

5. http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Facebook-busted-fo...