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Uber accuses Levandowski of fraud, refuses to pay $179M Google judgment:
Uber says it shouldn't be on the hook for a massive $179 million judgment owed to Google by Uber's former star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Uber made that argument in a legal filing last week to a federal bankruptcy court in California. Uber's brief portrays the situation differently than Levandowski, who told the court last month that Uber was legally obligated to pay the award.
Levandowski joined Uber in 2016 after almost a decade at Google, where he had been a leading self-driving engineer. Uber bought Levandowski's months-old self-driving startup Otto for hundreds of millions of dollars, intending to make Levandowski and his team the core of Uber's fledgling self-driving car project.
But things went sour fast. Google sued Uber, alleging that Levandowski had downloaded thousands of confidential documents before his departure and had taken them to his new job. Fearing criminal prosecution for trade secret theft—fears that proved justified—Levandowski invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify during the civil trial between Google and Uber.
Uber fired Levandowski and settled with Google. But Google continued to pursue Levandowski in arbitration, winning a $179 million award. Levandowski argues that Uber has an obligation to pay the judgment on his behalf under an indemnification deal Levandowski negotiated as part of the 2016 acquisition of his company.
But in its latest legal filing, Uber argues that it doesn't owe Levandowski anything because Levandowski used fraud to induce Uber to sign the indemnification agreement.
Previously:
- Ex-Uber Engineer Levandowski Pleads Guilty To Trade Secrets Theft
- Anthony Levandowski Ordered to Pay $179 Million to Google
(Score: 4, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday April 21 2020, @08:51PM (4 children)
Do you work for the IRS?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by edIII on Tuesday April 21 2020, @10:56PM (1 child)
It's worth noting how much power we gave the IRS. An invasive aggressive organization that can violate whatever privacy is required to make sure you paid taxes. Which is extremely problematic when the IRS operates in reverse in regards to innocence before guilt. With the IRS they can come at you with guns and seize whatever the hell they want, and then with the resources you have left, you need to fight and prove your innocence. If you actually pull that off, the IRS may give you your money back.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday April 21 2020, @11:57PM
Only poor people though. They don't bother trying to prosecute rich people anymore because it costs money. [gq.com]
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday April 22 2020, @12:29AM
I don't, but I'm well aware that rich people have some very creative ways of dodging the tax man, while ordinary folks are stuck paying for most everything the government does.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday April 22 2020, @03:43PM
I wasted my up-mod on the post before yours. Take a +1 touché, in the comments.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"