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by MichaelGG 3411 days ago
A guy with a high net worth, that may have taken secrets from Google then sold them to Uber? It'd be very surprising if he didn't have his own legal team.

One would imagine part of Uber's tactic would have been to make sure that they got representations on paper that everything was safe, that no secrets were being passed. If I was buying contraband, I'd want to make sure the invoices I officially paid for looked legit...
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M_Grey 3411 days ago
Of course every action you take to hide your tracks potentially leaves detectable tracks of their own. At some point you trade the ability to claim a lack of premeditation if you've clearly and extensively premeditated.
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deong 3410 days ago
True in the abstract, but I suspect that it's fairly easy for Uber to argue that there was an honest intent behind all but the most idiotic of paperwork they might have signed.

"We were buying a technology company. Of course we did our due diligence to make sure that we were protected in the unlikely event that the company was not what we were led to believe."

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