Levandowski is pleading guilty to one count, which accused him of downloading to his personal computer a file that tracked technical goals for Google's self-driving project. — Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: Engineer Anthony Levandowski, known for advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc.
Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term of no more than 30 months as part of plea agreement in one of the most well-known corporate disputes in recent Silicon Valley history.
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