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Uber, Lyft Apply For Nevada Operation Permits

Aug 17 2015 // Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft filed applications just before the weekend for permits to operate in Nevada, meaning they could be cleared to hit the roads within a month.Uber spokeswoman Eva Behrend said the company...

Regulations For Uber, Lyft Clear Another Nevada Hurdle

Aug 12 2015 // Nevada lawmakers gave preliminary approval Monday to regulations for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, a move that puts the rules one hurdle away from being final.The 12-member Legislative Commission this week...

Florida County Fines Lyft For Operating Without a Permit

Jul 21 2015 // The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission is upholding a previous ruling that the commission can fine the ridesharing company Lyft for allowing drivers to operate without a county permit.The Tampa Tribune reports...

Penn. Advises Rideshare Drivers to Carefully Examine Insurance Coverage

Jun 25 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging potential drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to consult with their insurance companies to ensure adequate coverage for themselves and...

NYC’s Taxi Regulatory Agency OKs New App Rules for Uber, Lyft

Jun 24 2015 // New York City’s taxi regulatory agency on Monday approved new rules governing how Uber and other app-based car services operate within the five boroughs.Part of the proposal unanimously passed allows the companies to...

New Worker Classification Needed for Sharing Economy, Uber Drivers

Jun 24 2015 // This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber.As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on...

Rideshare Firm Lyft to Pay $300K in Settlement With New York

Jun 19 2015 // New York officials announced Thursday that rideshare firm Lyft has agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties as part of a settlement with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the New York State Department of Financial...

First Major California Insurer to Offer Ridesharing Endorsement

Jun 15 2015 // Farmers became the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product in late-May.In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California Department of Insurance, California Insurance...

Uber and Lyft Fight Proposed NYC Rules – and Each Other

May 28 2015 // Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because taxi commissions...

First Major California Insurer to Offer Ridesharing Endorsement

May 27 2015 // Farmers will become the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product on Thursday.In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California Department of Insurance today, California...

New Mexico AG Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Need Drug Testing

May 18 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...

Lyft Says Plans to Pull out of New Mexico over Rules

May 8 2015 // Ridesharing service Lyft says it’s suspending operations in New Mexico after state regulators passed new requirements that the company called “onerous.”The San Francisco-based firm set a May 14 deadline...

Bill Legalizing Lyft, Uber in Nebraska Closer to Passage

May 7 2015 // New rules that would let Lyft, Uber and other ride-hailing companies operate legally in Nebraska have advanced to a final vote in the Legislature.Lawmakers gave the measure second-round approval on May 5. The bill by Sen....

New Mexico AG Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Need Drug Testing

May 1 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...

Uber, Lyft Balk at Fingerprinting Georgia Drivers

Apr 27 2015 // Popular ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft are fighting lawsuits in Atlanta and other cities from cab drivers, taxi and limousine companies claiming the techno upstarts are siphoning off passengers and profits by...

New Jersey Grapples With How, Whether to Regulate Uber, Lyft

Apr 20 2015 // Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could be driven out of New Jersey if a bill lawmakers are considering becomes law.That’s at least what the transportation network companies faced with potential new...

Video Ads Next Big Thing in Ridesharing?

Apr 14 2015 // James Bellefeuille is an Uber driver for a living, though he admits that what he earns is not much to live on.Yet in the new sharing economy, there’s hope for people like Bellefeuille who can bring some innovation...

Texas Takes Up Comprehensive Ridesharing Bill

Apr 10 2015 // Ridesharing giants Lyft and Uber left San Antonio in their rearview mirror after the nation’s seventh largest city restricted their operations, instead shifting their focus — and money — on convincing Texas...

California Suit: Lyft Cheated New Drivers Out of $1K Bonuses

Mar 16 2015 // The Lyft ridesharing company took new drivers for a ride by cheating them out of promised $1,000 bonuses, according to a federal lawsuit .Hundreds of drivers lost a total of at least $5 million worth of bonuses that were...

Juries to Decide If Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Independent Contractors

Mar 12 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. lost an early round of a fight with drivers in lawsuits that could upend the companies’ nationwide business models.The on-demand car services will need to make the case to juries...