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Judge Warns Uber to Turn Over Allegedly Stolen Documents
A federal judge has advised Uber Technologies Inc. that it faces a court order unless it turns over documents allegedly stolen from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo driverless car development unit.
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A federal judge has advised Uber Technologies Inc. that it faces a court order unless it turns over documents allegedly stolen from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo driverless car development unit.
Waymo claims that Anthony Levandowski, the former head of its autonomous vehicle program, downloaded thousands of documents containing information about Waymo’s research. Levandowski left Waymo in late 2015, formed his own self-driving-truck startup in January 2016 and sold the company to Uber in August.
Uber claims it can’t find the contested files. But Judge William Alsup has urged the company to try harder. “What you are telling me,” he warns, “is not going to be a ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ card.”
Last week Levandowski, who is not a defendant in the Waymo lawsuit, advised the judge he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination. He said he was refusing to testify in the case because he might face separate criminal charges for allegedly stealing the data.
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