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Levandowski files suit against Uber [pdf]
- MrSandman 6y ago244. Mr. Levandowski therefore seeks a declaration that Uber has no right to rescind the Indemnification Agreement without also rescinding the Otto transaction and returning all consideration received from that deal. 245. In addition, Mr. Levandowski seeks damages, including any consequential damages, arising out of Uber’s rescission of the Otto transaction.
- dboreham 6y agoI think there was a scene like this in Austin Powers.
- justinclift 6y agoIt's a .docx file. Potential for malicious macros?
- MrSandman 6y agoI used filebin to create a link - should be fine. Otherwise the doc is behind a paywall.
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- rvz 6y agoFileBin. Really? I have news for you. The file itself is real but it's also acting suspiciously like malware. (Opens a second document showing a "hire me!" message and downloading another file) I was lucky to spin up a VM, open it and I saw that message.
- zeristor 6y agoShould be labelled as such
- Crash0v3rid3 6y agoYea I really don't suggest opening this file.
- firloop 6y agoCan a brave soul upload a .pdf? I’m sure the mods would change the link to that.
- StavrosK 6y agoI was careless enough to open it, so here you go: https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCdwCmUn4w21mmq74z https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCd...
- ciarannolan 6y agoThanks! I think this link might be a little better (direct to the PDF): https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCdwCmUn4w21mmq74z/Levandowski-Uber-Complaint-1.pdf https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCd...
- dang 6y agoOk, we've changed to that from https://filebin.ca/5Tmq93EmU5FZ/Levandowski-Uber-Complaint.docx https://filebin.ca/5Tmq93EmU5FZ/Levandowski-Uber-Complaint.d....
- jcun4128 6y agoIf you opened it in LibreOffice still same vulnerability? I usually at least try vm's if dealing with something potentially unsafe ha.
- bosswipe 6y ago.docx files don't have macros, only .docm files do. Though I still viewed it using Google Drive's preview.
- pengaru 6y ago> .docx files don't have macros, only .docm files do. As if a filename extension means anything at all.
- jbc1 6y agoCopy and pasted to a plain text sharing site. https://rentry.co/7hzab https://rentry.co/7hzab
- rvz 6y agoYes. Don't open it. (I used a spare computer the moment I saw it was a .docx) It's real but creates another document automatically saying "Hire me". That's malware.
- bishalb 6y agoJust upload it to Google docs and read it there if you are concerned.
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- systemvoltage 6y agoFuck this guy. These people are the cancer of Silicon Valley that generally has integrity and decency in pursuing startup endeavors; with some rotten apples here and there like this guy and Elizabeth Holmes.
- parthdesai 6y agoAnd Uber didn't do anything wrong at all. >These people are the cancer of Silicon Valley that generally has integrity and decency in pursuing startup endeavors The very same SV that has Airbnb, doordash, grubhub et all? give me a break
- throwaway9980 6y agoI upvoted you and the GP without a bit of hesitation or cognitive dissonance.
- scubbo 6y agoGP? <Something>-Poster?
- tlrobinson 6y agoGrandparent
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- cletus 6y agoOof, bad example there. Airbnb is cancer. It’s enabling people to run illegal hotels in residential neighborhoods, allowing people to cash in when their neighbors pay the price and driving up rents. And no I don’t care if you’ve had use out of it or you feel like “it’s my property, I can do what I want with it”, which is an entirely self-serving rationalization that doesn’t stand up any sort of scrutiny.
- dwighttk 6y agoLike real money or stock & stuff worth that much?
- gfitz 6y agoDamn I’m sure he’s appealing to the AI godhead that he is victorious here and doesn’t spend too long of a time in prison. https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/ https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-i...
- lern_too_spel 6y agoThe article says it hasn't been created yet.
- jocker12 6y agoLevandowski says that like other religions, WOTF will eventually have a gospel (called The Manual), a liturgy, and probably a physical place of worship. None of these has yet been developed. Though the church was founded in 2015, as Backchannel first reported in September, the IRS documents show that WOTF remained dormant throughout 2015 and 2016, with no activities, assets, revenue, or expenses. The religion’s 2017 budget, as supplied to the IRS, details $20,000 in gifts, $1,500 in membership fees, and $20,000 in other revenue. That last figure is the amount WOTF expects to earn from fees charged for lectures and speaking engagements, as well as the sale of publications. Levandowski, who earned at least $120 million from his time at Google and many millions more selling the self-driving truck firm Otto to Uber, will initially support WOTF personally. However, the church will solicit other donations by direct mail and email, seek personal donations from individuals, and try to win grants from private foundations. https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/ https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-i...
- anxman 6y agoHe needs this money because he will he broke after his prison term
- lokar 6y agoCould not have happened to a more ethical company.
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- arciini 6y agoWhile I don't think Levandowski is a good guy (he did take a bunch of files, even if I think it's unlikely they were used in any real way), I think the way Google pursued him hinders skilled individuals from switching between companies and spreading innovation. Here's an excerpt from a New Yorker article about the case: > The judge, William Alsup, quickly tired of such distractions. “Despite the excellent quality of the lawyers here, I cannot trust what they say,” he announced in court. The documents he was being shown, he said, included “a lot of half-truth” and arguments that were “not quite accurate.” Alsup clearly thought that something unseemly had occurred, writing in one ruling that Levandowski had resigned from Waymo “under highly suspicious circumstances,” and that the “14,000-plus purloined files likely contain at least some trade secrets.” He also noted that “it would strain credulity to imagine that Levandowski plundered Waymo’s vault the way he did with no intent to make use of the downloaded trove.” Yet Alsup wasn’t sure if Waymo had demonstrated that any of its information had been used in an illegal manner. “If you can’t prove that Uber got these trade secrets, then maybe you’re in a world of trouble,” he told Waymo’s lawyers. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal-googles-intellectual-property https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal... Faced with a weak case, Google settled quietly for 0.33% of Uber's stock, which is no tiny amount, but definitely not a landmark settlement. The more concerning part is that: 1. Google pursued Lewandowski with the help of federal prosecutors, using the threat of criminal trade secret charges and 2. He was essentially abandoned by both his former employer and his current employer. The former attacked him to punish him for wrongdoing and to set an example. Uber abandoned him because he became too risky now that he became a weak point that could be exploited in court. This feels like too much leverage for a former employer to have, regardless of whether you were truly guilty or not. In fact, I think the outcome would have been similar had Lewandowski stolen nothing at all.
- godzillabrennus 6y agoLewandowski still apparently took massive amounts of proprietary data from his employer. Even if he was smart enough to not put that data on his new companies systems we all know he had a way to reference it when necessary.
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- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoThis is an interesting claim. It basically says that Uber knew about Levandowski's crimes when they agreed to indemnify him against claims brought by Google. Given the way Uber seems to work, this wouldn't surprise me at all. There seems to be a lot of bullshit in this claim, but that specific piece wouldn't surprise me. Mostly unrelatedly, this part seems particularly shitty: > In fact, Uber had considered acquiring Tyto in 2015 but declined to do so at that time. Tyto was ultimately acquired by Otto with Uber’s consent and at Uber’s request prior to Uber closing on its acquisition of Otto to secure a lower price for Tyto than what Tyto would have requested had it known that Uber was the acquirer.
- tyingq 6y agoHah...I remember guessing this might happen a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22633584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22633584
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoThe kind of people who will work with you to rip off others are also the kind of people who will rip you off. Who knew?
- guytv 6y agoLevandowski & Ron behaved like common crooks.
- ponker 6y agoI don’t think so. When you sell a company you are relinquishing control of it. The acquirer wants to turn around and sell to Uber that’s none of your business. You aren’t entitled to know the ultimate acquirer to set your price any more than CVS is entitled to know my income to set my price for a bottle of Coke on a hot day.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoI'd consider it more like accepting a new job. Your new employer is totally entitled to reorg and transfer you to a new team you wouldn't have wanted to join on week 3. But if they planned on transferring you out of the position all along, while they were simultaneously convincing you to leave your old job for this cool new position that you'll totally get to have (for two weeks), then they're being shitty. If I found out that my new employer/acquirer was dishonest to get me on board with the terms we ended up on, sure they "won" the negotiation in a way they're entitled to, but it's going to sour the relationship for good reason and I'd say it's bad behavior that makes the ecosystem worse for all of us.
- elwell 6y ago> On March 4, 2020, Judge Schulman ... entered a judgment in Google’s favor against Mr. Levandowski in the amount of $179,047,998.64. > As a result of Uber’s breaches, Mr. Levandowski has suffered damages in an amount to be proven at trial, which amount should be at least $4.128 billion.