New York High Court Upholds Uber Arbitration Mandate For Previously-Filed Injury Case November 26, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson In a 5-2 decision, New York State’s high court this week upheld Uber’s “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of all disputes...
Massachusetts High Court Reverses, Says Uber Can Force Paralyzed Rider to Arbitrate June 11, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber can require that a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver go to arbitration over his...
Court Clicks ‘OK’ on Uber’s Arbitration Agreement for Users’ Accident Claims September 13, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a...
Uber Can’t Force Massachusetts Crash Victim to Arbitration November 2, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber cannot compel a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver to go to arbitration over his...
State Appeals Court Invalidates Uber’s Hyperlinked User Arbitration Pact October 13, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson An arbitration agreement buried behind a hyperlink that does not give consumers clear notice they are waiving their right to...
Uber May Rethink Litigation Avoidance Plan as 60,000 Drivers File Arbitration Demands May 8, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt For Uber Technologies Inc., using legal arbitration to deal with driver compensation complaints — over anything from pay to overtime...
Women Suing Uber Claiming Driver Sexual Misconduct Fight Arbitration March 16, 2018 By Peter Blumberg Women suing Uber Technologies Inc. over claims that it’s failed to protect thousands of passengers from sexual misconduct by drivers...
Uber Seeks to Enforce Employee Arbitration in Waymo Trade Secrets Case March 17, 2017 By Alexandria Sage A lawyer for Uber told a federal judge on Thursday he intended to file a petition to compel arbitration in...
Appeals Court Grants Uber Pro-Arbitration Ruling, Thwarting Drivers’ Class Action September 7, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt and Patricia Hurtado Uber Technologies Inc.’s arbitration agreements were largely ruled by an appeals court to be valid and enforceable in a blow...
Uber Must Face Claims of Creating Fake Lyft Accounts September 6, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt While Uber Technologies Inc. fights to keep its own drivers out of court with their grievances, it can’t force arbitration...