Uber Made an Unusual Legal Pledge to the Head of Its Driverless Car Project
- Levandowski’s legal costs covered in unusually broad agreement
- Legal expert says 2016 document is ‘very troublesome’ evidence
Where Waymo Stands in the Driverless Car Space
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Uber made an unusual commitment to the engineer it hired to lead its driverless car project: It would cover the costs of legal actions against him over information stored in his head from his previous job at Waymo.
That promise -- buried in the fine print of an otherwise straightforward employment contract for an executive -- emerged in documents unsealed last week in San Francisco federal court.