January 20, 2021
Former President Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour pardon of Anthony Levandowski comes at the end of more than four years of proceedings that almost put the former Uber Technologies executive behind bars for stealing Google’s trade secrets. Here, Law360 walks through the timeline from Levandowski leaving Google to his pardon.
August 04, 2020
U.S. District Judge William Alsup sentenced bankrupt former Uber Technologies Inc. executive Anthony Levandowski to 18 months in prison Tuesday after he pled guilty to one count in a criminal case alleging he stole self-driving car trade secrets from his former employer Google, a crime the judge called "massive in scale."
July 29, 2020
Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Tuesday to sentence bankrupt former Uber Technologies Inc. executive Anthony Levandowski to 27 months in prison for one count of stealing Google's trade secrets, while Levandowski argued he deserves at most a year of home confinement.
March 19, 2020
Bankrupt ex-Uber Technologies Inc. executive Anthony Levandowski told U.S. District Judge William Alsup Thursday that he's cut a plea deal with federal prosecutors in a criminal case alleging he stole self-driving car trade secrets from his former employer Google.
January 01, 2020
The Golden State isn't lacking for high-stakes court battles in 2020, with legal experts keeping a close eye on litigation surrounding California's bankrupt utility, high-profile criminal trials against ex-Theranos executives, bellwether injury cases targeting Bayer AG and a trailblazing pay equity class action brought by the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.
December 03, 2019
Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski will face a January 2021 criminal jury trial over claims he stole self-driving car trade secrets from Google, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Tuesday, after the judge scrapped an earlier trial date because of the prosecution's discovery delays.
November 07, 2019
Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski on Wednesday requested clarification on prosecutors' claims he stole self-driving car trade secrets from Google, arguing the government hasn't provided enough detail "to identify the precise trade secrets" he purportedly stole.
October 29, 2019
U.S. District Judge William Alsup expressed concerns Tuesday that the 33 Google self-driving car trade secrets prosecutors have accused former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski of stealing are not laid out with enough specificity, calling the question of what qualifies a trade secret "the most important issue in the case."
September 24, 2019
Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski told U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Tuesday in a case alleging he stole Google's self-driving car trade secrets that he wants access to the grand jury's transcripts to see the "contours of the trade secrets" at issue.
September 04, 2019
A California federal magistrate judge on Wednesday rejected prosecutors' request to increase Anthony Levandowski's $2 million bond to $10 million to ensure the ex-Uber Technologies Inc. executive will remain in the country to face criminal charges alleging he stole Google's self-driving car trade secrets.