Former Google employees Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron were found jointly liable by an arbitration panel on late March, according to Uber's S-1.
On March 26, Uber's VP of Engineering Anthony Levandowski was found liable for $127 million, according to the Uber S-1. Levandowksi and Ron, his cofounder at trucking startup Otto, are also jointly liable for a second $1 million award to Google, according the filing. Otto was purchased by Uber in 2016.
The awards stem from two separate arbitration demands: Google v. Levandowski & Ron, and Google v. Levandowski. Uber may be liable to pay out the awards because the company previously agreed to cover the pair's legal fees. The $227 million in awards follow allegations made by Google in October 2016 that Levandowski and Ron broke their employment agreements with Google, and committed fraud related to proprietary self-driving car LIDAR technologies.The total cost of those awards could go up significantly if the panel decides to award Google more money to compensate for the costs associated with its lawsuits, including attorney's fees, according to the S-1.an award in a separate but related lawsuit, Uber vs.
That settlement saw Waymo awarded 0.34% of Uber equity pegged to a $72 billion valuation for the ride-hailing company, a person familiar with the settlement told Business Insider at the time. Uber is reportedly expected to IPO with a valuation close to $100 million, which means that today that equity is worth even more.
Because Uber had previously agreed to cover Levandowski and Ron's legal fees, the company said in its filing that it may be obligated to cover their awards owed to Google as well.Google and Uber were not immediately available for comment.
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