Fall of the entitled tech bro? Levandowski’s brazen download of more than 14,000 Google files to his personal laptop before leaving the company and while negotiating a deal with Uber, where he briefly led its self-driving car unit, speaks to his sense of entitlement and belief that he would get away with stealing trade secrets. — Reuters
OAKLAND, California: A US judge on Aug 4 sentenced former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski to 18 months in prison for stealing a trade secret from Google related to self-driving cars months before becoming the head of Uber Technologies Inc’s rival unit.
US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Levandowski, who was convicted on Aug 4 following a March plea agreement, could enter custody once the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided.
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