Judge Rules Uber Can Settle with Customers over Tips
Uber Technologies Inc. won permission to settle claims it misled consumers by charging them a 20 percent “gratuity” even though drivers got only about half of it. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San...
View ArticleFormer California Rideshare Driver Charged with Assaulting Multiple Passengers
A former driver for Uber and Lyft has been charged with sexually assaulting several women while on the job, and Southern California investigators said that there are likely more victims. An 18-year-old...
View ArticleOregon Cities Are Considering Clearing Way for Uber
City officials in the Oregon cities of Bend and Redmond are looking to entice Uber to town by changing city ordinances that would pave the way for ridesharing services. The Bulletin reported that both...
View ArticleUber Looking to Begin Service in Wyoming for First Time
The ridesharing service Uber is looking to begin service in Wyoming, one of the few states where it’s not yet doing business. Wyoming law will need to be changed before ridesharing services may operate...
View ArticleCalifornia Attorney General Warns Uber over Self-Driving Cars
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has told Uber Technologies Inc. to pull its self-driving cars from San Francisco’s streets or it will seek a court order forcing it do so, saying the...
View ArticleFleet of Self-Driving Uber Cars Gets Warm Welcome from Arizona Governor
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is happy about the arrival of a fleet of Uber self-driving cars delivered via a self-driving truck that transported them from California. Ducey’s office says the governor...
View ArticleUber Seeks to Help Cities Better Understand Traffic Patterns
San Francisco, Calif.-based Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service. The assistance...
View ArticleThe Path to Let Rideshare Companies into Alaska Not So Smooth
The drive to allow rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Alaska has hit speed bumps. The bill, from Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, faces opposition from taxi companies worried the...
View ArticleUber Settlement with Drivers Ignites Battle Among Rival Lawyers
Another Uber Technologies Inc. lawsuit settlement is under siege, with warring lawyers for drivers again trying to tear the deal apart. The company wants a Los Angeles judge to bless a proposal to pay...
View ArticleUber Settlement to Give California Drivers $1 Each Does Not Win Over Judge
Uber Technologies Inc. failed to persuade a judge to approve a settlement offering 1.6 million California drivers an average of $1.08 each to dispense with alleged labor-code violations that their...
View ArticleUber Vehicle Striking Washington Gas Pump Resulted in Fiery Explosion
A gas pump burst into flames after being struck by a vehicle in service for Uber in Seattle, Wash. The result was a fiery explosion that was caught on surveillance video. KOMO reported the crash...
View ArticleFederal Judge Temporarily Blocks Seattle Law Allowing Ridesharing Union
A federal judge in Seattle, Wash. has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions....
View ArticleCoverHound Launches Online Rideshare Insurance Offering
CoverHound is getting into the rideshare insurance business. The online insurance comparison shopping platform has partnered with several large carriers to offer auto insurance quotes in 24 states for...
View ArticleLegal and Image Woes Mount For Uber in California
A rare order from a federal judge alerting prosecutors to possible criminal misconduct by Uber or a key executive deepens the turmoil swirling around the ridesharing company at a time when it’s...
View ArticleUber May Fire Key Executive in California in Self-Driving Car Dispute
Uber is threatening to fire a key executive accused of stealing self-driving car technology from a Google spin-off unless he waives his constitutional right against self-incrimination so the...
View ArticleGoogle’s Paid Carpooling Service Being Expanded Across California
Google is expanding its paid carpool service throughout California, building on an effort to get more traffic-weary drivers to share their rides to work, and to collect data that could be useful for...
View ArticleAre Uber, Lyft Public Nuisances? San Francisco Wants to Know
San Francisco has issued subpoenas to Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. for a broad scope of records on driving and business practices as part of an investigation to determine whether the...
View ArticleCalifornia-based Uber Loses Officials, Faces Major Changes
Freewheeling Uber faces major change. Its board is cracking down, its founder and CEO is stepping away indefinitely, and the company itself is coming to grips with measures intended to reform its toxic...
View ArticleAlaska Governor Signs Bill Paving Way for Uber, Lyft in the Frontier State
Gov. Bill Walker has signed legislation paving a way for ride-share companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to do business in Alaska. Anchorage Republican Sen. Mia Costello, a supporter of the measure,...
View ArticleCalifornia Judge Will Let San Francisco Subpoena Uber for Driver Information
A California state judge said that San Francisco can demand from Uber records containing the ridesharing company’s driver contact information, the city attorney said. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis...
View ArticleFirst Uber Driver in Alaska’s Denali Hits The Streets
Denali’s first Uber driver has hit the streets following Gov. Bill Walker’s recent signing of a ridesharing bill. The first thing Noah Treky, 36, did was turn on his Uber app after the governor’s...
View ArticleUber, Lyft and New York Loss Transfer
Ridesharing has officially arrived in New York, and confusion over New York no-fault insurance and PIP Loss Transfer has arrived with it. On June 29, 2017, the New York State Assembly approved and...
View ArticleUnion Not Siding with Rideshare Operators on California Labor Law
Uber and Lyft suffered a setback in their months-long fight against rules that could force them to reclassify California drivers as employees. The ridesharing companies, along with other businesses...
View ArticleVideo Shows Lyft Driver Dragging Woman from Car in California
Los Angeles police say they’ve cited a Lyft driver for misdemeanor battery after video showed him dragging a passenger out of a car. Alessandra Ward says she suffered a black eye, bruises and a...
View ArticleUber Gets Mixed Reaction to Public Report on Sex Assaults. Now What?
A day after Uber revealed that more than 3,000 riders and drivers were sexually assaulted last year while using its service, attention is turning to what’s next for the ride-hailing giant and whether...
View ArticleSouthern California Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger
An Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman who said she fell asleep in his car after a night of drinking and woke up to him assaulting her, authorities said. The suspect, Alonso Calle,...
View ArticleCar-Sharing Firm Turo Plans Partial Return to New York After 7-Year Insurance...
Car-sharing startup Turo Inc. is returning to New York, seven years after leaving the state that was once its biggest market over a dispute with regulators about insurance rules. Turo, which allows...
View ArticleRideshare Riders Could Get Stuck with Medical Bills in a Crash
In the early hours of Sept. 12, 2020, Denver chef Brian Fritts, 32, was riding in the backseat of a Lyft car when another vehicle crashed into it and drove off, leaving him with six crushed vertebrae...
View ArticleMaryland Man Died When Hit in Road After Lyft Driver Ordered Him Out of Car:...
A Maryland man has died after police say his Lyft driver ordered him out of the car in the middle of a Delaware highway. Delaware State Police say the crash occurred Sunday around 2 a.m. A group of six...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Say Carjackers Targeting Rideshare Drivers
Police in Baltimore are investigating dozens of rideshare carjackings and robberies over the past month but have seen more cases despite several arrests, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said...
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