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Wow my comment was gravely misinterpreted it seems. I was asking if Alsup could fine Uber for their bad behavior. Normally a judge would throw a person in jail
by olympus 9y ago
Wow my comment was gravely misinterpreted it seems. I was asking if Alsup could fine Uber for their bad behavior. Normally a judge would throw a person in jail for contempt but you can't do that with a corporation. You can be held in contempt regardless of the outcome of the trial- i.e., even if Uber isn't found guilty would/could Alsup still fine them for slowing the trial down?
The part that seems to have been misinterpreted was the extra comment about Waymo.
I was trying to head off the eventual comment where someone said that Waymo hadn't played 100% fairly either (it's possible, they have lawyers too). I'm not saying that Waymo is bad, I was just trying to head off someone bringing up some sort of "both sides are doing it, so why not fine both sides" argument.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoYou can jail executives for the bad behavior of a corporation. (I know of one case where executives of a medical device corporation were trying to ignore the FDA, and the US Marshalls marched them out the door in handcuffs. Not even the door of a courtroom - they arrested them at their office.)
- jacksmith21006 9y agoWhat is the world did Waymo do that was shady here? Put something like that out there kind of need to back it up with something?
- olympus 9y agoThe backlash here shows that Uber has already been found guilty in the eyes of the public, the case isn't resolved. Waymo have a team of lawyers too, and they can't all be saints. They are in this to win and set back a competitor's efforts. In terms of shady stuff, do you remember how this case surfaced? Waymo was emailed Uber's design files by "accident." That's shady from day one on Waymo's side.