Lyft, Uber Bypass House Panel Hearing on Transportation Safety and Labor Conditions October 17, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. skipped a U.S. House of Representatives hearing the ride-hailing industry, angering lawmakers who threatened...
Uber Must Show London Regulator Its Drivers Are Insured, Trained, for License Renewal September 25, 2019 By Amy Thomson Uber Technologies Inc. has been granted a two-month license to operate in London as the ride-hailing app makes stuttering progress...
Arch Nemesis of Uber over Driver Pay Sues Before New California Law Inked September 13, 2019 By Peter Blumberg It didn’t take long for attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan to deploy a new weapon in her six-year war with Uber Technologies...
Uber Being Sued Over Resistance to California ‘Gig’ Contractor Law September 13, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A driver for Uber has sued the company for misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors, hours after California legislators voted...
Uber Refusing to Label Drivers as Employees Under California Law September 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Facing the most serious threat yet to its business model, Uber Technologies Inc. is dusting off a legal argument it...
Rhode Island Bike Share Program Put on Hold Amid Safety Concerns September 9, 2019 The introduction of a bike share program in Pawtucket, R.I., has been put on hold. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves...
More Ride-Hailing Requirements Become Law in North Carolina August 13, 2019 North Carolina has a new law focused on ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft that supporters contend will improve safety...
Union Not Siding with Rideshare Operators on California Labor Law July 26, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Uber and Lyft suffered a setback in their months-long fight against rules that could force them to reclassify California drivers...
London’s Uber Drivers Sue City’s Mayor for ‘Discriminatory’ New Levy July 12, 2019 By Kaye Wiggins London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to charge Uber Technologies Inc. drivers to operate in the city center amounts to racial...
New York City Uber Driver Gets Three Years for Kidnapping Sleeping Passenger June 26, 2019 A man who drove for Uber in New York City has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for...