[chongli]

And even in this case. Does Anthony Levandowski deserve to become homeless and destitute for what he did? No.

This is going to hurt him far, far more than what he did could ever have hurt Google. Yeah, maybe Google would have lost more than this on paper, but definitely not in terms of marginal utility. Google remains an extremely wealthy and powerful company and now Anthony is broke.

[cft]

Google's purpose was to set a ruthless precedent. It's a powerful reminder that once at Google, you're an employee and not an entrepreneur.

[joejerryronnie]

It’s kind of Google’s fault for continually buying companies he started while working there.

[engineeringwoke]

He should've gone to jail, like people are supposed to when they commit fraud.

[MrSandman]

Fraud? What? This trial hasn’t even gone to court. You’re making blanket statements about someone’s life based on accusations from a Big Tech company and their PR teams. This person has been accused -not convicted and is going bankrupt because he is fighting Google. I know this is a Bay Area forum - half of you probably work for Google but give me a break. They steal personal information from everyone who uses their products every single day. They buy up an competition - they don’t play fair. They are the largest advertising company in the world - let’s not pretend like they’re more than that. Or they are some virtuous company that wouldn’t personally go after someone who is a threat to them and working with a competitor. Destroying others so theirs is positioned to raise 2 Billion dollars. This guy just got caught in the crossfire. This is just parroting headlines.

[engineeringwoke]

Ah, the American "ooga booga" defense. You can never really know anything, since everything is speculation! This is just lawyer-speak!

There is moral hazard written all over this, and you are either too naive to see it or are trying to defend the stacked kangaroo courts of American criminal proceedings for employees of large multinational corporations.

We know that the guy stole proprietary technology and maybe there might have been intentions to use it by Uber, BUT there's no proof tying it to Uber (of course). As always. These guys aren't dumb enough to make the mistakes that Microsoft made in the 90's.

[tssva]

He may go to prison. He is facing a 33 count federal indictment. The trial is scheduled for January 2021.