In the trial of Uber and Waymo, which is part of the holding Alphabet, a new turn took place, jeopardizing the further tests of autonomous vehicles Uber.

The District San Francisco Judge William Alsup ordered the transfer of Waymo's lawsuit against Uber to the US Department of Justice to investigate allegations of the theft of commercial secrets and lidar technology.

Also, William Alsup agreed to a partial injunction of the Uber program for the development of self-governing vehicles and rejected Uber's request to consider a civil case in an arbitration court. The judge temporarily classified his decision on the injunction, so the scope of its application and details are as yet unknown.

Waymo claims that former employee of Google Anthony Levandowski (Anthony Levandowski), before leaving the company, stole about 14 thousand. Files related to lidar technology.

Lewandowski, who is not a civil defendant, later became a co-founder of the startup for the development of Otto's self-managed trucks, acquired soon by Uber.

Uber does not deny that Lewandowski could have borrowed Waymo's documents, but rejects the possibility of using them in developing his autonomous driving system. The defense of Uber was complicated by the refusal to give evidence to Levandovsky, who took advantage of the constitutional right not to testify against himself. The company announced that Lewandowski will be suspended from work on lidar technology at the time of the trial.