The company’s lawyers often find themselves in the thick of it-before, during, and after “disruptions.” And you might expect them to sound a little upset, since they have to deal with the sometimes messy consequences. But they, too, seem to relish rattling the barricades.

If this sounds like the enthusiasm of youth (and they are young), they also seem intent on building their own kind of law department. Googlers aren’t enamored of received wisdom. Like children of the sixties, they prefer to test all the old shibboleths. And even the new ones.