I just realized how stark the prisoners dilemma here between Uber and Levandowski is. Based on what Alsup was saying today that if Uber can't produce counter-ev

I just realized how stark the prisoners dilemma here between Uber and Levandowski is. Based on what Alsup was saying today that if Uber can't produce counter-evidence by May 3rd, they are staring down the barrel of a preliminary injunction, they're damned if they fire him and damned if they don't. 1. Levandowski remains at Uber. Keeps asserting his fifth amendment rights, which means that Uber can't present evidence to thwart Googles theft claims. Judge files a preliminary injunction, sad trombone, no self-driving cars for Uber. 2. Uber fires Levandowski. Now, he has no reason to protect Uber, the incentives for him are to avoid criminal prosecution. He could even do a deal with Google or a prosecutor to cooperate in the civil case in exchange for avoiding criminal prosecution. Uber is then likely to lose the actual case, sad trombone, no self driving cars for Uber. As others have pointed out, the stakes for Uber are incredibly high, they missed the china train and if they can't catch the self-driving-car train, then their $50+ billion valuation is up in smoke. Man I wish I could be shorting Uber right now.