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A friend of mine heard his personal attorney speak at a law school class. Even his attorney thought Anthony was a “jackass” for stealing the IP; his defense fell on him being an engineer who, at the end of the day, just wanted to build cool shit and wasn’t malicious.
Levandowski just filed for bankruptcy saying he has less than $100M in assets . Does anyone know if he will only pay a percentage or is only delaying this by kicking the can down the road to another court ? I would be highly surprised if his employer (Uber) shouldered any of the this
I wonder how he doesn't have more assets after he sold his company to Uber for $680 millions
Levandowski just filed for bankruptcy saying he has less than $100M in assets . Does anyone know if he will only pay a percentage or is only delaying this by kicking the can down the road to another court ? I would be highly surprised if his employer (Uber) shouldered any of the this
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That's an asset, right? So it would be part of the $50-100M
Primary residence in Florida is shielded from bankruptcy and creditors. Also retirement accounts (both IRAs and 401ks). Lease your expensive ride and you’re mostly judgement proof.
Seems out of proportion given 1) Google was willing to settle for [1]: https://threatpost.com/equifax-settles-class-action-lawsuit/...
I don't know what IP is in question, but it seems to me that he had been working in AVs longer than almost anyone in the industry, so it's believable that Uber was valuing the Otto team's accumulated experience, rather than any stolen ideas.
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Andy Rubin might be a creep but at least he didn’t steal intellectual property.
I rate abusing one's power over other people as significantly worse than improper secret management.
Saying "hey lets hook up or you won't get that promotion" is also loss of wealth and personal embarrassment so to me it's roughly equal with a bit of a bias against Rubin. But they acquired Android and he probably had some deep legalese and contracts preserving his golden parachute, can't really claw those back unless some really bad news comes out.
Sorry if this seems completely wacko to you but that's how I see it.
Both are ugly.
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I think GP is referring to Florida’s generous homestead exception, which allows a debtor to keep his/her home (regardless of opulence) despite creditors’ claims.
Ah interesting, didn't know about that. Seems like a easily exploitable loophole if so.
Source: Family members went through bankruptcy in Florida and were able to get back on their feet much quicker because their house couldn't be seized.
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Andy Rubin might be a creep but at least he didn’t steal intellectual property.
I rate abusing one's power over other people as significantly worse than improper secret management.