On Tuesday, Uber has fired Mr Anthony Levandowski, the engineer accused of stealing secrets from Google-owner Alphabet after he failed to assist with an investigation related to the lawsuit.
Mr Levandowski, previously worked on self-driving car technology at Waymo and declined to testify earlier this year, citing his right to avoid self-incrimination. He started working at Uber in August 2016, when the firm bought Otto, the self-driving truck start-up he created ishortly after leaving Google.
He is accused of downloading 14,000 confidential files before leaving the company in 2016.
Uber denies it is using stolen technology.
