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Uber Exec Won’t Testify on Charges of Stealing Secrets
Anthony Levandowski is refusing to testify about claims he stole secrets from Waymo’s self-driving-car program before setting up his own self-driving-truck startup, a year ago, The New York Times reports.
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Anthony Levandowski is refusing to testify about claims he stole secrets from Waymo’s self-driving-car program before setting up his own self-driving-truck startup, a year ago, The New York Times reports.
Levandowski launched Otto in January 2016 and sold the company for $680 million eight months later to Uber Technologies Inc. Uber has since begun testing its own self-driving vehicles.
In a high-profile lawsuit filed in February, Waymo claims Levandowski stole 14,000 documents and colluded with Uber to help the ride-hailing service develop autonomous cars. Waymo seeks an injunction to stop halt Uber’s program.
Levandowski’s lawyers say he is exercising his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself by turning over documents in a case for which there is “potential for criminal action.” The judge hearing the case told Uber it has the right to order Levandowski to cooperate or be fired, according to the Times.
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