May 19, 2017
A federal judge is unlawfully forcing Uber to fire the former Google engineer at the center of a high-profile fight between the two companies over driverless car technology if he doesn't waive his Fifth Amendment rights, the ex-employee said in a court filing Thursday.
May 17, 2017
Alphabet Inc. unit Waymo LLC urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to allow Uber executive Anthony Levandowski, who is at the center of allegations that the ride-share company stole self-driving car technology, to intervene in the case, saying he isn't making any new arguments.
May 15, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Monday released a previously sealed order laying out the evidence that led him to seek a criminal probe into claims that Uber stole self-driving car technology from Alphabet Inc. unit Waymo, saying the ride-share giant "knew or should have known" that secrets had been taken.
May 12, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup asked federal prosecutors on Thursday to investigate accusations by Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Waymo that its self-driving car technology was stolen by Uber — an escalation of the ongoing civil trade secrets suit between the two tech giants.
May 03, 2017
Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Waymo asked a California federal judge Wednesday to block Uber from developing self-driving car technology, saying it conspired with a former Waymo engineer, agreeing to buy his company OttoMotto months before it was even formed — and before he left Waymo with 14,000 allegedly stolen documents in tow.
May 01, 2017
One of Waymo's California law claims in its driverless-car trade secrets lawsuit should be thrown out because it is preempted by another state law claim, Uber told a California federal judge Friday.
April 27, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup heard oral arguments Thursday over whether Uber can use Waymo's own arbitration agreement with a former engineer to compel arbitration of Waymo's driverless-car trade secrets suit, commenting that it would be "poetic justice" to bind the Alphabet unit to the contract's broad language.
April 25, 2017
A California federal judge ruled Tuesday that Uber can't depose Google co-founder Larry Page in its trade secrets fight with driverless car spinoff Waymo, saying a question about whether Page knew an employee was allegedly stealing trade secrets could be answered in writing instead.
April 12, 2017
The California federal judge overseeing Waymo's trade secrets and patent infringement suit against Uber over self-driving car technology said Wednesday that, less than two months in, the fight has generated so many evidentiary disputes he's appointing a Farella Braun partner to act as a special master in charge of discovery.
April 11, 2017
A day after a California federal judge ruled Uber Technologies Inc. cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment on behalf of Anthony Levandowski, who allegedly stole trade secrets from Waymo LLC and used them to start Uber's self-driving car division, he announced he would file a Ninth Circuit appeal as an intervenor.