Uber's position is that Google's claims are baseless and Levandowski did not use stolen IP to build his autonomous vehicle. Firing him would would severely unde

Uber's position is that Google's claims are baseless and Levandowski did not use stolen IP to build his autonomous vehicle. Firing him would would severely undermine those claims. And yeah, it seems like that's probably not true, but it's the position they've decided to take. We don't know for sure that it's just Kalanick pushing that story; the board could be complicit.