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A tired court clerk has accidentally unmasked the co-accused in Google's case against Anthony Levandowski and his autonomous car business Ottomotto – it's his co-founder Lior Ron. The slip pops up on the last page of an exhibit filed in the case of Google v Levandowski and Ron on April 3. That's the case in which Google …

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    "The slip pops up on the last page of an exhibit filed in the case of Google v Levandowski and Ron on April 3."

    I would have thought the case name "Google v Levandowski and Ron" gives a big clue. Or have you got the name wrong?

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    1. Victor Ludorum
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      Ron is redacted just about everywhere in the filing, except on the last page. There is also a partially redacted reference to 'Levandowski and Lior XXX'.

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  2. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    So it does pay to have actual journalists on site

    Can't see this being found in a scan of the documents. Thumbs up for real journalists.

    It's interesting that Uber's behavior towards its staff seems pretty toxic and now it turns out it likes buying up companies whose owners are as (allegedly) sneaky as it is. :-( .

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  3. Uffish
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    We all make mistakes...

    @ the unknown court clerk or secretary, or whoever missed out the last redaction -

    Hope you're not getting too much flack for the error, it's a terribly easy thing to do, we've all been there some time or other...

    Have a beer on us, and bloody well done!

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