Waymo Alleges Former Engineer Plotted to Sell Secrets to Uber

Alphabet 's Waymo alleged a former top self-driving car engineer plotted to sell trade secrets and talent to Uber, according to an updated lawsuit filed against the ride-sharing company. Waymo also accused two other former employees of taking confidential company documents from the Alphabet unit before departing for Uber's Otto autonomous vehicle business, according to Bloomberg.

The amended complaint accelerates a nasty legal spat that began two weeks ago when Waymo's initial suit alleged former engineer  stole critical self-driving technology to form Otto, an autonomous trucking startup acquired by Uber. New filings include an injunction asking the court to demand Uber stop using Waymo technology.

Waymo added testimony from an employee that suggests that said employee plotted to create a new company using Waymo's technology and talent, knowing ahead of time that Uber would be interested in acquiring it. Waymo, the new business formed from Google's self-driving project, is suing Uber to defend its designs, trade secrets and patents around lidar. After the initial complaint, Uber called it "a baseless attempt to slow down a competitor.