Judge may issue a warning to Uber in the Waymo-Uber case if key witness does not testify

The U.S. judge overseeing a blockbuster case over self-driving car technology suggested Uber could face an injunction if a key Uber executive does not testify for fear of exposing himself. The U.S. judge overseeing a blockbuster case over self-driving car technology suggested Uber could face an injunction if a key Uber executive does not testify for fear of exposing himself to criminal prosecution, according to a transcript seen by Reuters. “You represent somebody who’s in a mess,” U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in San Francisco told the attorney for Levandowski, Miles Ehrlich, during a closed court hearing on Wednesday. Gonzalez suggested Uber’s strategy would be to convince the court that Uber was “not using any of these things” Waymo says he stole.