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Uber Executive’s Conviction Puts Spotlight on Secrecy About Hacking

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...

Uber’s Former Security Chief Convicted of Data Hack Coverup

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...

Uber Says Lapsus$-Linked Hacker Responsible for Breach

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...

Uber Probes Hacker’s Claim to Have Penetrated Key Databases

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...

Uber Pays New Jersey Back Taxes of $100M Over Driver Employment Classification

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...

Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in U.S. Settlement

Jul 26 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with U.S. prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.In...

Uber Settles Lawsuit Over Disabled Riders, Vows to Waive Fees

Jul 19 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S. allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department...

Uber Sued by More Than 500 Female Passengers Over Sexual Assault Complaints

Jul 14 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by more than 500 women across the US who claim to have been assaulted by drivers on the platform.The complaint, filed by Slater, Slater, Schulman LLP in San Francisco, alleges that...

Massachusetts High Court Nixes Gig Worker Ballot Measure Sought by Uber, Lyft

Jun 15 2022 // Transportation and delivery network companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have been dealt a setback in Massachusetts as the state’s high court has rejected their ballot proposals that sought to both...

Florida Man Charged with Fraud After Claiming He Was in Uber Crash

May 2 2022 // A South Florida man has been charged in connection with what appears to be a new twist on auto insurance fraud.State and local authorities said that Victor Van Vickery, 33, of Delray Beach, claimed to be in a Uber ride...

Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors

Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...

Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates Must Face Diners’ Lawsuit Over U.S. Restaurant Prices

Mar 31 2022 // A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates must face an antitrust lawsuit by diners who accused them of driving up menu prices by exploiting their dominance in meal deliveries during the COVID-19...

Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger

Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019.U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake...

Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million

Jan 26 2022 // A Massachusetts man seriously injured in a crash while a passenger in an Uber car is suing Uber and the driver for $63 million in damages.The suit accuses Uber of negligence in the hiring of the driver, who the complaint...

Uber Driver Charged with Raping Passenger During Las Vegas Ride

Dec 28 2021 // An Uber driver is charged with raping a female passenger who police said fell asleep before waking up as she was attacked during a ride in metro Las Vegas.Dawed Oumer Mekonene, 30, was arrested last week and remained in...

Uber UK Accused of Undermining Court Ruling on Worker Rights

Nov 23 2021 // Nine months after the UK Supreme Court made a crucial decision that effectively forced Uber Technologies Inc. to provide worker rights for its riders, the firm is back in court accused of trying to undermine the...

James River Unloads Rideshare Reserves To Uber Captive

Oct 6 2021 // Late last month, James River Group Holdings, Ltd. announced that two of its principal operating subsidiaries entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance transaction with a wholly owned captive insurer of Uber...

Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Taxi Employees, Not Contractors

Sep 13 2021 // Uber drivers are employees entitled to greater workers’ rights under local labor laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing a setback to the U.S. company’s European business model.It was another court victory...

Uber Proposes Gig Industry Benefits Model in Canada

Aug 31 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday proposed a plan for a flexible benefits fund for app-based ride-hail and food delivery drivers in Canada under which all gig industry players would share data on workers’ hours and...

Uber to Share Sexual Assault Claims Data on Website in Deal with California Regulator

Jul 16 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement with a California regulator for sharing data on sexual assault and harassment claims on its platform while protecting victims’ privacy and avoiding a...