Anthony Levandowski

Uber, judge skeptical of Levandowski’s tactics to protect wealth from creditors

Uber, Judge accuse Levandowski of protecting wealth

Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski’s legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on the same day he was ordered to pay Google $179 million in a contract dispute last year.

Uber is now taking issue with the proposed terms of his bankruptcy, claiming he used “legally dubious techniques to shelter his wealth from creditors,” according to an Ars Technica article published earlier Thursday.

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The Daily Dash: Lost opportunity for J.B. Hunt

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, congestion played a role in J.B. Hunt Transport Services posting a worse year-over-year intermodal margin growth than expected. Plus, even preparation sometimes isn’t enough to stop a ransomware attack, and business-to-business activity has rebounded well from early 2020.

Lost opportunity

Congestion and gate restrictions from rail partners hampered J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ (NASDAQ: JBHT) Q4...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-lost-opportunity-for-jb-hunt

News Alert: Levandowski, who stole secrets on autonomous vehicles, gets a pardon

Anthony Levandowski, the former Google executive who pleaded guilty to stealing secrets from Google to create his own company developing autonomous-driving technology, has been pardoned by outgoing President Donald Trump.

Levandowski’s name had not popped up on the media coverage of potential pardons so President Trump’s granting of clemency comes as something of a surprise.

Levandowski pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. However, a search of the prisoners’ database...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/news-alert-levandowski-who-stole-secrets-on-autonomous-vehicles-gets-a-pardon

Former Uber exec sentenced to 18 months for trade secret theft

Judge sentences former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski to 18 months in prison.

Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets.

In sentencing Levandowski, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said that “this is the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen,” according to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. “This was not small.  This was massive in scale.” 

Ex-Uber executive Anthony Levandowski was...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/former-uber-exec-sentenced-to-18-months-for-trade-secret-theft

The Daily Dash: Levandowski, Amazon and earnings

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, prosecutors are recommending jail for former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski. Plus, Amazon had a strong second quarter as e-commerce boomed, and Forward Air is pushing ahead with plans to expand its less-than-truckload business.

Finding a new home

Federal prosecutors have recommended Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving division, serve 27 months in prison. Levandowski...

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Prosecutors recommend prison for former Uber exec who stole trade secrets

Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski is scheduled to be sentenced on August 4.

Federal prosecutors have recommended a 27-month prison sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving division, as well as three years of supervised release.

Levandowski pleaded guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets after he was originally charged with 33 counts of intellectual theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from self-driving startup Waymo in August 2019. 

Levandowski’s attorney countered that he deserves up to one year of home...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prosecutors-recommend-prison-for-former-uber-exec-who-stole-trade-secrets

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