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5 August 2020Muireann Bolger

Ex-Google engineer Levandowski jailed for trade secrets theft

Disgraced former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski will spend 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets  before joining Uber and kickstarting the ride-sharing company’s self-driving car development.

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21 August 2020   The saga of former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski’s imprisonment for trade secrets theft has highlighted the need for all businesses to be vigilant when it comes to safeguarding confidential information, as Oliver Laing and Christie Batty of Potter Clarkson argue.
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28 August 2019   A California grand jury has indicted former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski for stealing trade secrets relating to self-driving cars from Google.
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20 March 2020   Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving unit, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining Uber and kickstarting the ride-sharing company’s self-driving car development.


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