All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 18 2025 // Los Angeles sued Airbnb, accusing the home rental company of allowing price gouging affecting at least 2,000 properties during January’s wildfires in Southern California, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said on...
Jun 20 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo has applied for a permit to test its robotaxis in New York City, underscoring its intent to operate in one of the largest ride-hailing markets in the US despite an absence of local regulations...
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...
Jun 9 2025 // DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats have settled lawsuits against New York City over laws that boosted minimum wages for delivery workers and capped how much the companies could charge restaurants for delivering meals.The...
May 2 2025 // Uber Technologies said on Thursday it will partner with self-driving technology startup May Mobility to deploy thousands of self-driving vehicles on its ride-hailing platform across U.S. cities, starting with Arlington,...
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...
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...
Mar 20 2025 // RiverStone International has signed an agreement with Lyft subsidiary Pacific Valley Insurance Co. to provide a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance for a commercial auto liability portfolio.The deal is effective from Jan....
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...
Feb 24 2025 // A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep, and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to...
Feb 20 2025 // Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws.“What we’re looking at now due to Airbnb’s...
Feb 20 2025 // Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.The pre-fabricated...
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...
Feb 10 2025 // Lyft Inc. will launch driverless rides with technology vendor and Intel Corp. spinoff Mobileye Global Inc. in Dallas as soon as 2026, building on a partnership that was first announced last November.Lyft customers in the...
Feb 10 2025 // A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to...
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...
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...
Jan 31 2025 // Ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. filed a racketeering lawsuit against a group of law firms, doctors and pain-management clinics it claims staged fake car accidents and performed unnecessary surgeries to take...
Jan 15 2025 // Remember the 2010 The Rent Is Too Damn High campaign by Jimmy McMillan? Some people in New York now think insurance is too damn high.A new coalition with backing from Uber Technologies is launching a campaign to lower...