January 14, 2025
The Department of Labor threw its support behind Philadelphia Uber Black drivers in their employment classification case, telling the Third Circuit that the lower court misapplied agency guidance in its dismissal of the long-running lawsuit against the ride-sharing company.
January 13, 2025
Pennsylvania's attorney general urged the Third Circuit to revive a class action accusing Uber of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, saying the worker-friendly Pennsylvania wage and hour law claims should not have been thrown out.
July 31, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed an 8-year-old suit by Uber Black drivers claiming the ride-sharing company misclassified them as independent contractors, saying the case lost hope of a resolution after two unsuccessful trials and a trip to the Third Circuit.
June 18, 2024
A second Pennsylvania federal jury was unable to determine whether Uber Black drivers are the company's employees or independent contractors, telling the trial judge on Tuesday that the eight members were hopelessly deadlocked.
June 17, 2024
With a second deadlocked jury appearing imminent in the Philadelphia UberBlack employment classification trial, a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday told attorneys he was skeptical a third trial is on the way to resolve the case.
June 10, 2024
Uber Black drivers on Monday tried for a second time to convince a Pennsylvania federal jury that the ride-sharing company owes them the same perks as employees, saying they're nothing like plumbers, the quintessential independent contractors.
June 04, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge greenlighted a second trial Tuesday to determine whether drivers for Uber's high-end ride-share option are independent contractors after a jury couldn't come to an agreement on the issue in March.
May 01, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday seemed poised to start a second trial to determine whether drivers of Uber's high-end ride-share option are independent contractors or employees after a jury deadlocked on the issue in March.
April 15, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that the luxury car drivers who accused Uber Technologies Inc. of misclassifying them as independent contractors must respond to the company's renewed post-trial win bid, rejecting the drivers' argument that it was too long and filed too late.
April 10, 2024
UberBlack drivers urged a Pennsylvania federal judge not to require them to respond to Uber Technologies Inc.'s additional filing in an independent contractor dispute after the company already submitted a brief invoking Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," saying Uber defied an order setting page limits.