A federal criminal probe of Uber Technologies Inc investigating whether the company stole driverless car trade secrets from Waymo could freeze a high-stakes trial between the two companies.
Depending on the breadth of the investigation, reported earlier Wednesday by Bloomberg, executives or engineers whose testimony is critical to the trial may choose to assert their constitutional right against self-incrimination and refuse to testify.
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