All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 26 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc drivers are not exempt from a U.S. law requiring them to bring work-related legal disputes in private arbitration rather than joining class action lawsuits in court, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...
Apr 17 2023 // A group of Lyft Inc. shareholders is calling on the company to establish stronger safety protections for drivers, change its shareholder voting structure and subject directors to annual elections.SOC Investment Group —...
Apr 6 2023 // The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws has urged a federal appeals court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Uber Technologies Inc’s system allowing passengers to rate drivers is racially...
Mar 28 2023 // The Georgia General Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would require lower minimum amounts of uninsured motorist coverage for ride-sharing and taxi companies. But a measure that would mandate premium discounts for...
Mar 15 2023 // App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state...
Mar 14 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig economy companies scored a victory after a California appeals court upheld the current law classifying gig workers as independent contractors instead of employees.The...
Feb 9 2023 // A South Florida Lyft driver who went missing more than a week ago has died, his daughter confirmed Tuesday.Lindsay DiBetta posted on Facebook that the family would be announcing information on services for her father, Gary...
Dec 23 2022 // Police in Baltimore are investigating dozens of rideshare carjackings and robberies over the past month but have seen more cases despite several arrests, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Wednesday.In many cases,...
Nov 18 2022 // Convinced that the boom in leisure travel is permanent, Airbnb aims to expand its listings by convincing more people to turn their homes into short-term rentals.The company said Wednesday that it will increase the amount...
Nov 2 2022 // Uber cannot compel a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver to go to arbitration over his $63 million damages claim without a trial.Citing a 2021 state high court ruling that also went against...
Nov 1 2022 // A nineteenth co-conspirator was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston this week in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with rideshare and delivery service companies, law...
Oct 26 2022 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has completed its distribution of $4.2 million in redress payments to approximately 42,000 Texans whose personal information was compromised in a 2016 data breach...
Oct 24 2022 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced an agreement with the Drivers Union to create a Drivers Resource Center.The center will support drivers who provide ride services for passengers through a...
Oct 18 2022 // Lyft Inc. is increasing the service fee its U.S. riders pay directly to the company to cover higher insurance costs, the ride-hailing firm said.The increase averages less than 50 cents per trip nationally, a Lyft...
Oct 13 2022 // An arbitration agreement buried behind a hyperlink that does not give consumers clear notice they are waiving their right to a jury trial when they agree to the company’s terms and conditions is not valid, a...
Oct 11 2022 // The conviction of Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief on Oct. 5 has raised the specter that a high-profile criminal charge and newly expanded federal rules may force companies to be more transparent when...
Oct 6 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied to the company’s troubled past under its original leadership.Joe Sullivan was...
Sep 20 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for a cyber attack that forced the ride-hailing company to shut several internal communications temporarily last...
Sep 16 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to have accessed sensitive company data.Employees on Thursday received a Slack message from an...
Sep 13 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were...