All the headlines from our Uber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it will pay $28.5 million to settle claims that a $1 “safe rides fee” charged to riders was misleading because its background checks on drivers aren’t as rigorous as the...
Feb 1 2016 // Ridesharing company Lyft has locked in a deal to operate at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.The Reno-Gazette Journal reported that Lyft obtained an agreement Friday to expand operations and will get to join Uber in doing...
Jan 29 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost its bid to pause a lawsuit by California drivers demanding to be treated as employees that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability.The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
Jan 27 2016 // Ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in California by giving drivers additional workplace protections but without classifying them as employees, removing a major threat to its...
Jan 26 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is on board with letting Uber offer rides in West Virginia.Tomblin spokeswoman Shayna Varner says the governor plans to introduce a bill letting ridesharing companies, including Uber and Lyft, operate...
Jan 26 2016 // A Utah county reached an agreement over the weekend with ridesharing company Uber to stop operating helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival.Summit County said helicopter companies agreed to cease operating in...
Jan 25 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic at a recent California meeting, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward.“The business that we have and the...
Jan 12 2016 // The City Council in Montgomery, Ala., has voted to allow ridesharing companies such as Uber to begin operating within the city.Multiple media outlets report that city council approved the ordinance Jan. 5. Ridesharing...
Jan 11 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward.“The business that we have and the risk we see is going...
Jan 7 2016 // Aviva Canada aims to offer ride-sharing insurance to Ontario drivers who use their own vehicles to carry paying passengers starting next month, a service that could solve a major headache for ride-hailing company Uber...
Jan 6 2016 // Drivers in Billings, Mont. who are hoping to join Uber are getting their vehicles inspected while waiting for the app-based ride service to get started after the Montana Public Service Commission gave statewide approval...
Jan 5 2016 // Ridesharing services have started operating in Birmingham, Ala.Tom Maguire, general manager of Uber in Alabama told Al.com that users would be able to hail rides from their smartphones as of Dec. 29. Ride-hailing services...
Dec 28 2015 // New York State lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers — the options for getting home from the train station, the...
Dec 28 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. won a ruling that may put off the outcome of a bid by California drivers to be treated as employees in a lawsuit that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability.U.S. District Judge...
Dec 22 2015 // Two Honolulu council members want ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate more like taxi companies.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the city bill includes a variety of changes. Among them, the measure...
Dec 21 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Dec 18 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. was barred from imposing a new contract on drivers who are suing the company to be treated like employees after a federal judge said the reworded agreement is confusing.U.S. District Judge Edward...
Dec 15 2015 // Uber is coming to Ogden, Utah.The ridesharing company already operates in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune reported it mentioned the expansion on its Utah-specific Twitter account on Friday. It’s expected to...
Dec 15 2015 // Seattle’s City Council voted unanimously to give collective bargaining rights to drivers-for-hire, such as those who work for rideshare companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.The bill, proposed by city council...
Dec 11 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...