{"id":341969,"date":"2017-05-26T02:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1495768"},"modified":"2017-05-26T02:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:09:03","slug":"judge-orders-uber-to-hand-over-to-waymo-unredacted-term-sheet-with-otto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/judge-orders-uber-to-hand-over-to-waymo-unredacted-term-sheet-with-otto\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders Uber to hand over to Waymo unredacted term sheet with Otto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ordered Thursday\u00a0that Uber needs to hand over to Waymo, by the end of the day, the full, unredacted term sheet between Uber and Otto. Corley ultimately decided there was no basis for Uber to redact the information because there was no privileged information shared with Otto prior to the acquisition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see any basis whatsoever for those redactions to be made and for that information to be withheld from Waymo,\u201d Corley said.<\/p>\n

Since Google\u2019s Waymo self-driving car unit first sued Uber in February, Uber has also refused to turn over the due diligence report it conducted ahead of the Otto acquisition, arguing that it can\u2019t be disclosed because it involves confidential information between attorneys and clients.<\/p>\n

As the case approaches trial, Waymo has argued that there is likely information inside the due diligence report that could answer a lot of the questions Anthony Levandowski \u2014 the engineer accused of stealing self-driving car trade secrets from Google and using them at Uber \u2014 has refused\u00a0to answer as a result of him exercising his Fifth Amendment rights. Waymo is asking to see this due diligence report, which includes an interview with Levandowski. But Uber is currently arguing that this is protected by attorney-client privilege.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Judge William Alsup issued a notice that\u00a0essentially said that the privilege logs Levandowski provided to the court were garbage and did not provide any useful information.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo give just one example, entire pages of the spreadsheet in response to RFP No. 3 consisted of line items that identified \u2018document type\u2019 as \u2018loose e-mail attachment\u2019 and were otherwise blank,\u201d Alsup wrote. \u201cSimilarly, dozens of pages of the spreadsheet in response to RFP No. 1 appeared dedicated to email attachments identified only by email account, time stamp, and otherwise wholly non-descriptive information. It would be wrong to suggest that any of those \u2018privilege log\u2019 entries could justify any claim of privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quick context: On April 12, Alsup ordered Levandowski to provide logs justifying his assertion of the Fifth Amendment, saying that it should not be a long document and that he provide Waymo \u201cenough of the argument so that they can respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Uber notified Levandowski<\/a> that he either needs to deny that he downloaded and took any documents from Google, or to hand over the documents to Google. Otherwise, he would be at risk of getting fired from Uber. Uber has already removed Levandowski from working on any projects related to LiDAR technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Levandowski\u2019s lawyers argued\u00a0that the court\u2019s order to Uber, as well as Uber\u2019s threat to Levandowski, would violate his constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.<\/p>\n

If you want more background around how the hell this whole thing started,\u00a0be sure to check out TC\u2019s ongoing coverage of the case here<\/a>. I\u2019ll be here all day, so be on the lookout for more updates.<\/p>\n

Featured Image: John Sommers II\/Transport Tropics\/modified by Bryce Durbin<\/a>\/Flickr<\/a> UNDER A CC BY 2.0<\/a> LICENSE<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ordered Thursday that Uber needs to hand over to Waymo the full, unredacted term sheet between Uber and Otto. By the end of the day. Corley ultimately decided there was no basis for Uber to redact the information because there was no privileged information shared with Otto prior to the acquisition. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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