Even before the jury took their seats on the second day of Waymo v. Uber, the lawsuit reached a new milestone of absurdity as Waymo argued that they should be allowed to play a clip of Michael Douglas’ “Greed is Good” speech from Wall Street (1987). Uber would really rather they not.

Ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski were in frequent contact, and forensic analysis uncovered countless deleted text messages, including one where, according to Waymo, Levandowski says, “wink wink” and links to a YouTube video of Michael Douglas’ famous speech.

Judge Alsup, not immune to the mounting silliness of the proceeding, joked that it was the “best moment in Hollywood.” After the laughs died down, lawyers for Uber objected that…

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