Waymo Versus Uber Is Turning Into Page Versus Kalanick

Uber just won a minor but important victory in its dramatic legal showdown with Google's driverless car division, Waymo: It gets to depose Alphabet CEO Larry Page. Uber's financial benefactor turned enemy will now have to face Uber's army of lawyers. The transcript of that deposition will no doubt be closely read.

In a filing last Thursday, Uber challenged the so-called Apex Doctrine that protects top corporate executives from deposition in cases where lower-level employees have the same facts. Uber's lawyers argued that Page knew of Google's efforts to develop its own ride-hailing service in competition with Uber, a company in which it invested more than $250 million.