June 30, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday ordered Uber and its drivers to produce more information over a proposed $100 million settlement in two class actions accusing the ride-hailing company of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, ruling he couldn't yet determine if the deal was fair.
June 28, 2016
Four drivers urged a California federal judge Monday to let them jump into a proposed $100 million settlement in a high-profile class action accusing Uber of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, insisting their claims in separate sick-leave litigation would be jeopardized otherwise.
June 28, 2016
A dispute over the U.S. Department of Transportation's tank car rules for trains carrying crude oil and labor suits challenging commercial truckers, delivery giants and ride-hailing companies' classification of drivers as independent contractors are among the court battles that transportation attorneys will watch as 2016 continues to unfold.
June 16, 2016
Uber hit back at four drivers seeking to jump into a proposed $100 million settlement in a high-profile California class action accusing Uber of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, saying Wednesday their insufficient and irrelevant bid to intervene comes too late.
June 13, 2016
The lead class counsel for settling drivers who claimed Uber misclassified them as independent contractors told a California federal court Friday she was slashing her fee request by $10 million to make more money available for payouts in the face of growing objections to a proposed $100 million deal.
June 07, 2016
An individual driver blasting the $100 million settlement in a high-profile California class action accusing Uber of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors has pressed a federal judge to boot the lead class counsel for negotiating a "brash, novel and ambitious" deal riddled with conflicts that shortchanges drivers.
May 27, 2016
Uber and drivers in a pair of high-profile California class actions fired back at a growing number of objectors to the pending $100 million settlement Friday that would end claims that the ride-hailing giant misclassified drivers as independent contractors, maintaining the settlement is on solid legal ground.
May 23, 2016
Uber and drivers who agreed to a $100 million settlement in a pair of high-profile California class actions accusing the ride-hailing giant of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors on Friday fired back at the torrent of "largely irrelevant" and "self-interested" objectors who've challenged the proposed deal.
May 16, 2016
An Uber driver whose name tops one of two class actions subject to a proposed $100 million settlement over claims Uber drivers were misclassified as independent contractors said Monday he didn't agree to the deal's terms and that the settlement wasn't in the drivers' interest.
May 13, 2016
Another group of objectors to a proposed $100 million Uber driver settlement asked a California federal judge to remove the lead class counsel Thursday, saying she had shortchanged drivers by agreeing to a settlement that awarded less than 10 percent of the potential reimbursement.