Uber to Begin Offering Self-Driving Cruise Cars August 26, 2024 By Lynn Doan and Natalie Lung Uber Technologies Inc. plans to start offering self-driving Cruise LLC cars to customers on its ride-hailing platform next year. Once...
Uber Loses Challenge to California Gig Work Law in Appeals Court June 11, 2024 By Mike Scarcella A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to revive a challenge to a...
Uber Pays Australian Taxi Drivers $178 Million in Settlement March 18, 2024 By Angus Whitley Uber agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to compensate thousands of taxi drivers in Australia who claimed they lost...
Uber, Lyft to Pay $328M to Settle New York Wage Theft Claims November 2, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York’s attorney general...
Feds Eye Rule to Claw Back Money From Companies That Lie About Gig Worker Earnings February 18, 2022 WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces consumer protection rules, voted on Thursday to embark on regulations that...
Man Paralyzed in Uber Vehicle Crash Sues For $63M January 27, 2022 BOSTON (AP)–A Massachusetts man who was left a quadriplegic when his Uber vehicle crashed last year is seeking $63 million...
Labor Secretary Says Most Gig Workers Should Be Classified as Employees May 5, 2021 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as...
U.S. Exempts Self-Driving Vehicles From Some Crash Standards January 15, 2021 By Joseph White and David Shepardson The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to...
Uber Appeals $59M California Fine Over Sexual Assault Data Request January 13, 2021 By Tina Bellon Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday appealed a $59 million fine by a California regulator in a dispute over whether the...
Uber, Lyft Shares Jump as California Set to Pass Gig-Worker Ballot Measure November 4, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Munsif Vengattil Nov 4 — Uber and Lyft stocks soared on Wednesday after California voters endorsed the gig economy’s blistering campaign not...