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July 7, 2017, 10:11 PM UTC

Larry Page Ordered to Answer Questions in Uber Lawsuit

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By Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg News

Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page was ordered to submit to questioning by Uber Technologies Inc. in his company’s lawsuit over trade secrets for self-driving car technology.

Uber’s lawyers want to question Page in their defense against the allegations the ride-hailing company stole technology central to the development of autonomous vehicles by Alphabet’s Waymo unit. Waymo argued the deposition of Page was unnecessary and intrusive, but a San Francisco federal magistrate judge said Friday he can be questioned for as long as four hours.

“Larry Page has first-hand non-repetitive knowledge of relevant facts,” U.S. Magistrate ...

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