Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber exec who oversaw its self-driving efforts, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday after being ordered to pay $179 million to Google over violating a contract.
The judgment against Levandowski centered on his employment agreement with Google, which included not holding confidential information and not engaging in "any other employment, occupation or consulting directly related to" any businesses Google was working on. Another contract covering Google's acquisition of two of Levandowski's companies stipulated that he would not try to "encourage, induce [or] solicit" any Google employee to leave the company.
