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Uber to Pay $290M, Lyft $38M to Settle New York Wage Theft Claims

Nov 2 2023 // Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York’s attorney general that the ride-sharing companies systematically cheated drivers out of pay and benefits.Attorney General Letitia James...

Uber Driver Must Face Injury Claim for Picking Up Passenger 2 Feet From Curb

Oct 19 2023 // Uber and one of its New York drivers who failed to pull within a foot of the curb when picking up a passenger must face a negligence lawsuit after all.A lower court had dismissed the negligence suit against Uber and the...

Uber Allowed to Arbitrate New Jersey Accident Claims

Oct 16 2023 // A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case involving passengers injured...

INSHUR Partners with Uber on Insurance Products for On-Demand Livery Drivers in Arizona

Sep 29 2023 // On-demand insurance platform INSHUR launched its insurance offering for on-demand livery drivers in Arizona, its second state in the U.S. following New York. This comes after the company’s acquisition of American...

Court Clicks ‘OK’ on Uber’s Arbitration Agreement for Users’ Accident Claims

Sep 13 2023 // A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case involving passengers injured...

Uber Raises Minimum Age for Most California Drivers to 25 over Insurance Costs

Aug 25 2023 // Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state.The new...

Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber

Aug 25 2023 // At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other...

Lapsus$ Hacker Targeted Uber, Revolut, Grand Theft Auto Maker, London Jury Finds

Aug 24 2023 // A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut, and blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto.Arion Kurtaj,...

Uber-Backed Group to Reboot Gig-Worker Ballot Initiative in Massachusetts

Aug 1 2023 // A coalition of gig economy giants plan to reboot a failed ballot initiative in Massachusetts in a renewed push to cement their workers’ status as independent contractors.The Massachusetts Coalition for Independent...

Opera Workers’ Ruling Offers Path for Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize

Jun 15 2023 // A US labor board ruling on Tuesday laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and other gig workers to formally unionize – a still difficult but potentially transformative task.In a ruling...

Ex-Uber Security Chief Gets No Prison Time for Hack Coverup

May 8 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was spared from prison for concealing a massive data breach in 2016.Joe Sullivan’s sentencing to three years of probation Thursday followed his conviction by a...

New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values

Apr 28 2023 // New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber Technologies Inc...

Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered in Florida After Making Delivery

Apr 27 2023 // A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday.Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged...

Uber Drivers Are Not Interstate Workers Exempt From Arbitration, Court Rules

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...

EEOC Says Uber Should Face Claims That Driver Ratings Are Biased

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...

California Court Rules for Uber, Lyft in Ridesharing Case

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...

Court Rules Uber, Lyft Can Classify Gig Workers as Contractors

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...

Uber Can’t Force Massachusetts Crash Victim to Arbitration

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...

Texas Uber Drivers Victimized by Data Breach Receive $4.2M

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...

State Appeals Court Invalidates Uber’s Hyperlinked User Arbitration Pact

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...