Anthony Levandowski, the autonomous-driving engineer whose move from Google to Uber triggered one of Silicon Valley’s ugliest trade secret fights, filed for bankruptcy.
The star autonomous-driving engineer whose move from Google to Uber triggered one of Silicon Valley’s ugliest trade secret fights filed for bankruptcy on the same day a judge ordered him to pay $179 million over his defection from the Alphabet Inc. unit.
Anthony Levandowski’s filing for Chapter 11 protection comes as he’s fighting to fend off criminal charges that he stole proprietary information from Google. Levandowski on Wednesday lost his bid to throw out an arbitration award over Google’s claims that the engineer violated an agreement to not poach employees. The award has swelled by $52 million, due in large part to interest.
“The numbers we’re dealing with here are pretty staggering, which means that the interest that’s running is considerable,” San Francisco Judge Ethan Schulman said at a Monday hearing.The award has added financial pressure on Levandowski, who hired top-shelf lawyers to defend him against the criminal case brought by federal prosecutors. Levandowski hasNeel Chatterjee, Levandowski’s lawyer handling the Google award, declined to comment.
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