Levandowski Judge Had Warned of ‘Jail Time’ in Secrets Case (1)

The prosecution of Anthony Levandowski will be overseen by the judge who cautioned 2 1/2 years ago that that the former Uber Technologies Inc. engineer “was looking at jail time” over allegations of trade-secret theft.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup’s warning proved prescient: Levandowski, a pioneer of driverless car technology, was indicted last week. While his lawyers have denied the charges, the engineer faces up to a decade in prison if he’s convicted of any of the theft charges in his 33-count indictment.

But the veteran San Francisco judge had a strong hand in making his prediction come true. ...