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Oct 14 2025 // There’s something fundamentally American about the freedom to get in your car and drive.Driving is self-determination. The liberty to set your own course. The power to move under your own willpower, whether for duty...
Jan 16 2026 // DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. have deprived New York delivery workers of more than $550 million in tips after changing the interfaces on their apps, according to findings released in a report from a city...
Oct 2 2025 // Uber is not liable for the sexual assault of a woman who said she was attacked by her driver on a ride she ordered from the ridesharing app, a California jury said on Tuesday, according to an attorney for the plaintiff.At...
Sep 12 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the US Justice Department over claims that the ride-sharing giant discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law.The department’s civil rights...
Dec 3 2025 // Four people were convicted of felony insurance fraud and assault for faking an auto collision that involved a rideshare driver in San Bernardino, California.According to the California Department of Insurance, two of the...
Jan 12 2026 // Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and...
Jul 21 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is suing a group of lawyers and medical providers in Los Angeles who it says have made fraudulent insurance claims that cost the company millions in legal fees — the third such lawsuit it’s...
Sep 18 2025 // Lyft Inc. is partnering with Waymo for the first time to offer robotaxi service in Nashville starting next year, a deal that helps it better compete with rival Uber Technologies Inc.Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo, which has...
Dec 16 2025 // New York officials have told rideshare companies, driver representatives and others in the for-hire vehicle industry that insurance policy rates will rise by an average 25% over the next three years, according to people...
Feb 6 2025 // Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing...
Oct 23 2025 // The ride-sharing company known as Lyft and its insurers are largely protected from negligence and vicarious liability lawsuits in accidents, thanks to Florida’s 2017 statute governing app-based ride networks, a state...
Sep 19 2025 // Transportation company Lyft has paid the state of New Jersey $19.4 million to settle a case involving misclassification of more than 100,000 drivers as independent contractors.According to the New Jersey Department of...
Feb 28 2025 // Tesla Inc. is seeking approval to offer ride-hailing services in California, a key step by Elon Musk’s company to begin carrying paying customers while its traditional car-selling business falters.The electric...
Dec 22 2025 // The Uber Technologies Inc. veteran overseeing its safety operations is set to depart, setting off a second round of executive changes this year at a time when the rideshare giant is being scrutinized in court over the...
Apr 25 2025 // DoorDash Inc. asked a California judge to dismiss Uber Technologies Inc.’s anticompetition lawsuit against it, arguing that Uber is using an “ill-fitting” state law to justify its claims.DoorDash, which...
Feb 18 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is pouring millions of dollars into a national ad campaign to push for reforms in insurance policies that it says have been exploited by personal injury lawyers and contribute to higher ride...
Jun 11 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. sued a group of lawyers, medical providers and rideshare drivers it claims staged car accidents, manufactured damages and received unnecessary medical procedures to take advantage of insurance...
Aug 8 2025 // Tesla Inc. has been granted a rideshare license in Texas, paving the way for the electric-vehicle maker to operate its robotaxi service under new regulations governing autonomous vehicles in the state.Tesla Robotaxi LLC is...
Feb 5 2025 // A group calling for reforms to lower insurance costs across New York has launched its first ad.The ad from newly-formed Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) blames “special interests in Albany” along with...
Apr 18 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is spending six figures on advertisements in New York in its latest appeal to lawmakers to address issues stemming from the insolvency of the city’s largest taxi insurer.The rideshare giant...