December 09, 2015
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies Inc.'s 2014 and 2015 arbitration agreements are unenforceable, allowing thousands of Uber drivers who signed the agreements to join a class action accusing the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors.
November 24, 2015
The parties in a closely watched suit that will determine whether Uber Inc. drivers are employees or independent contractors continued to wrestle in California federal court Wednesday over whether to expand the certified class and whether to arbitrate the bulk of their claims.
November 04, 2015
A closely watched class action in which Uber Inc. drivers claim the ride-hailing company misclassified them as independent contractors will go before a jury next June, even though "fundamental" issues in the case haven't been resolved, a California federal judge said Wednesday.
October 28, 2015
Uber asked a California federal judge Tuesday to deny its drivers' bid to expand the scope of class certification in their suit accusing the ride-hailing company of misclassifying them as independent contractors and cheating them out of tips, calling it an attempt to create a 160,000-driver "megaclass."
October 07, 2015
A freshly certified class of California drivers accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of misclassifying them as independent contractors and cheating them out of tips asked a federal judge Tuesday to expand the scope of the class to include drivers who used a corporate name to contract with Uber, among others.
September 11, 2015
A California federal judge took on a Fair Labor Standards Act suit Thursday alleging Uber Technologies Inc. denied drivers proper wages and overtime, expanding the raft of proposed class actions on his docket seeking to determine whether Uber's drivers are independent contractors or employees.
September 01, 2015
Uber Technologies Inc. drivers scored a major victory against the ride-hailing company Tuesday when a California federal judge agreed to certify a class of Golden State drivers who claim they were mislabeled as independent contractors and cheated out of tips.
August 06, 2015
Uber Technologies Inc. drivers who say they were mislabeled as independent contractors and cheated out of tips urged a California federal judge Thursday to certify a class of 160,000 drivers, arguing that Uber's control over them is a legal question common to all of its workers.
July 27, 2015
Drivers suing Uber Technologies Inc. claiming they were improperly labeled as independent contractors and cheated out of a 20 percent gratuity urged a California federal judge to certify the proposed class of drivers in a Fair Labor Standards Act suit, saying that despite Uber's protestations they are enough alike to warrant class certification.
July 16, 2015
Uber Technologies Inc. reached a deal Thursday in a discovery feud over documents on how it calculates fares and tips, which its California drivers wanted for their proposed class action claiming Uber misclassified them as independent contractors and cheated them out of a 20 percent gratuity.