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Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski by mikeryan on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @03:59PM (#14448073)
"Cause" has meaning here. His days working for Uber are likely done but if he choose to rectify the issues stated in the letter then he might be able to get the terminated for "Cause" removed in which case he likely has some parachute clauses and payouts which can come into effect.
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Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski by xyzzy_plugh on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @06:09PM (#14448957)
Assuming Uber didn't want to fire him, and he rectifies the issues, then I don't believe there is anything preventing them from hiring him back.

Actually there's nothing preventing them from hiring him back after the court case concludes, is there? IANAL.

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Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:28AM (#14451264)
I don't know. If the court thinks there was a deal between Uber and Levandowski where they "fired" him for the duration of the trial, only to hire him back as soon as possible, that could lead to contempt of court charges, I feel. But IANAL either.
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