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Uber is looking to get Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page to provide a deposition in the ongoing court case between itself and Waymo. The company made the request in court today during a discovery hearing before Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, and Waymo opposed the request.<\/p>\n
The court ended up saying it\u2019ll allow a single question for Page from Uber, about whether a conversation took place between him and Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski about Levandowski potentially going to Uber ahead of the August announcement regarding the ride-hailing company\u2019s acquisition of Otto. Waymo\u2019s lawyers say this conversation never occurred.<\/p>\n
What Uber seems to want to prove is that Page might have been aware that Levandowski took the documents from Google prior to his departure, but didn\u2019t reveal that knowledge during that conversation, or during a subsequent conversation with Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber\u2019s contention seems to be that were the information disclosed during either of these conversations, that\u00a0throws some cold water on Waymo\u2019s claims that Levandowski\u2019s actions included malicious intent.<\/p>\n
Uber seems to be seeking Page\u2019s testimony as a workaround, given that Levandowski has asserted his Fifth Amendment rights and won\u2019t be a source for particulars, including what conversations he may or may not have had with Google\u2019s co-founder prior to the Otto deal going down. Business Insider reports<\/a> that Uber\u2019s lawyer Arturo Gonzalez told the court on Tuesday that Page was aware Levandowski had downloaded and taken 14,000 Google files prior to his departure.<\/p>\n The court ruled against Levandowski\u2019s Fifth Amendment rights extending<\/a> to allow redactions of a privilege log revealing legal details between Uber and Levandowski around the outset of their acquisition agreement.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll hear more about whether Waymo will get the preliminary injunction it\u2019s seeking against Uber next week, at a hearing around the request.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Jeff Chiu\/AP<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/a3c4057e7d804c79b4bfb3278f4afced.jpg?w=680\")
Uber is looking to get Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page to provide a deposition in the ongoing court case between itself and Waymo. The company made the request in court today during a discovery hearing before Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, and Waymo opposed the request. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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