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Re:Another Group of Google Veterans Starts a Self-Driving Te... by malandrew on Thursday May 04, 2017 @06:30PM (#14269460)
In light of this observation, Google's current lawsuit could be viewed as an attempt to deter employee defection by signaling liabilities for potential acquirers, which will suppress the valuation of any acquisition.

Google was already at the center of the high-tech employee wage-fixing earlier this decade, so filing lawsuits to create deterrence wouldn't be that surprising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...

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Re:Another Group of Google Veterans Starts a Self-Driving Te... by Qworg on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:46PM (#14269914)
Or the lawsuit could be viewed as an attempt to deter industrial espionage by a competitor within a hot field.

Between these, which do you think is more likely?

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Re:Another Group of Google Veterans Starts a Self-Driving Te... by candiodari on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:03PM (#14270360)
The one they were convicted for before and are therefore known to do ?
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Re:Another Group of Google Veterans Starts a Self-Driving Te... by autokad on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:30PM (#14270933)
either way, google needs to tread carefully. more people are starting to recognize google as a monopoly, and if that continues they will either be broken up or turned into a utility.
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