All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2026 // A Dutch court on Tuesday overturned a 2021 ruling that had classified all Uber drivers as employees, stating that individual drivers can be treated as independent entrepreneurs.The Amsterdam court said six drivers who had...
Jan 26 2026 // DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to block a New York City law requiring a tipping option be presented to customers at checkout from going into effect Monday.A federal judge on Friday denied the...
Jan 23 2026 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has vacated a lower appeals court ruling that had found ride-hailing firm Uber’s “clickwrap” mandatory arbitration agreement unenforceable because it would deprive a husband...
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...
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...
Dec 29 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are each teaming up with Baidu Inc. to trial driverless taxis in the UK, as ride-sharing companies race to deploy autonomous services around the world.Uber said Monday a pilot program...
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...
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...
Dec 3 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is launching autonomous rides with Avride Inc. in Dallas as part of a previously announced partnership, marking the latest US city where the ride-hailing giant is offering such a service.Customers...
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...
Oct 29 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is preparing to offer driverless rides on vehicles developed by Lucid Group Inc. and Nuro Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time next year, thrusting the company into direct...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Aug 29 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. agreed to back a state-supervised way for California drivers to unionize and collectively bargain on industry-wide pay and benefit guarantees, under a new legislative deal that provides...
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...
Aug 1 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for...