Uber ousts former Google engineer at the center of Waymo dispute

If you’re looking for plot twists, the Uber and Waymo lawsuit is chock full of them. Today, the company unceremoniously parted ways with its Vice President of Technology, and former Google employee, Anthony Levandowski. Levandowski came under fire after pleading the Fifth when asked to hand over evidence and testify on behalf of his new employer, Uber. Under advisement from his attorneys, Levandowski declined, citing the “potential for criminal action.” It’s not a smoking gun, but it certainly isn’t helping Uber in the court of public opinion. And that, according to the company, is why it has decided to part ways. According to…

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