Latest Ridesharing Headlines
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Uber Executive’s Conviction Puts Spotlight on Secrecy About Hacking
Oct 11 2022 // The conviction of Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief on Oct. 5 has raised the specter that a high-profile criminal charge and newly expanded federal rules may force companies to be more transparent when...
Uber’s Former Security Chief Convicted of Data Hack Coverup
Oct 6 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied to the company’s troubled past under its original leadership. Joe Sullivan was...
Uber Says Lapsus$-Linked Hacker Responsible for Breach
Sep 20 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for a cyber attack that forced the ride-hailing company to shut several internal communications temporarily last...
Uber Probes Hacker’s Claim to Have Penetrated Key Databases
Sep 16 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to have accessed sensitive company data. Employees on Thursday received a Slack message from an...
Uber Pays New Jersey Back Taxes of $100M Over Driver Employment Classification
Sep 13 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were...
Maryland Man Died When Hit in Road After Lyft Driver Ordered Him Out of Car: Police
Jul 28 2022 // 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 friends ordered a...
Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in U.S. Settlement
Jul 26 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with U.S. prosecutors to avoid criminal charges. In...
Uber Settles Lawsuit Over Disabled Riders, Vows to Waive Fees
Jul 19 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S. allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department...
Uber Sued by More Than 500 Female Passengers Over Sexual Assault Complaints
Jul 14 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by more than 500 women across the US who claim to have been assaulted by drivers on the platform. The complaint, filed by Slater, Slater, Schulman LLP in San Francisco, alleges that...
Lyft Reaches $25 Million Settlement of Claims it Hid Safety Problems Before IPO
Jun 20 2022 // Lyft Inc has reached a $25 million settlement to resolve shareholder claims that the ride-hailing company concealed safety problems, including sexual assaults by drivers, prior to its 2019 initial public offering. The...
Massachusetts High Court Nixes Gig Worker Ballot Measure Sought by Uber, Lyft
Jun 15 2022 // Transportation and delivery network companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have been dealt a setback in Massachusetts as the state’s high court has rejected their ballot proposals that sought to both...
Florida Man Charged with Fraud After Claiming He Was in Uber Crash
May 2 2022 // A South Florida man has been charged in connection with what appears to be a new twist on auto insurance fraud. State and local authorities said that Victor Van Vickery, 33, of Delray Beach, claimed to be in a Uber ride...
Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates Must Face Diners’ Lawsuit Over U.S. Restaurant Prices
Mar 31 2022 // A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates must face an antitrust lawsuit by diners who accused them of driving up menu prices by exploiting their dominance in meal deliveries during the COVID-19...
Rideshare Riders Could Get Stuck with Medical Bills in a Crash
Mar 30 2022 // 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 and a broken jaw. His...
Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger
Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019. U.S. District Judge Catherine...
Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million
Jan 26 2022 // A Massachusetts man seriously injured in a crash while a passenger in an Uber car is suing Uber and the driver for $63 million in damages. The suit accuses Uber of negligence in the hiring of the driver, who the complaint...
Uber Driver Charged with Raping Passenger During Las Vegas Ride
Dec 28 2021 // An Uber driver is charged with raping a female passenger who police said fell asleep before waking up as she was attacked during a ride in metro Las Vegas. Dawed Oumer Mekonene, 30, was arrested last week and remained in...
Uber UK Accused of Undermining Court Ruling on Worker Rights
Nov 23 2021 // Nine months after the UK Supreme Court made a crucial decision that effectively forced Uber Technologies Inc. to provide worker rights for its riders, the firm is back in court accused of trying to undermine the...
James River Unloads Rideshare Reserves To Uber Captive
Oct 6 2021 // Late last month, James River Group Holdings, Ltd. announced that two of its principal operating subsidiaries entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance transaction with a wholly owned captive insurer of Uber...
