Latest Sharing Economy Headlines
All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rideshare Drivers Flocking to On-Demand Economy, Poll Shows
Mar 16 2018 // First there was the sharing economy, and then the gig economy. Now the buzz phrase to pay attention to may be “on-demand.” The on-demand economy, according to TheOnDemandEconomy.org, is defined as the economic...
Women Suing Uber Claiming Driver Sexual Misconduct Fight Arbitration
Mar 16 2018 // Women suing Uber Technologies Inc. over claims that it’s failed to protect thousands of passengers from sexual misconduct by drivers are fighting back against the ride-hailing giant’s move to force them into...
GM to Pilot Airbnb-Like Service for Autos This Summer
Mar 14 2018 // General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren’t using them, according to people familiar with the matter. The tests will begin in...
Lyft Driver Killed in Utah in Rollover Accident
Mar 13 2018 // Utah police say a Lyft driver has died after being ejected from the vehicle in a rollover accident east of Saltair. They have identified the man as 26-year-old Aaron Roll of Holladay. Unified Police say Roll was thrown...
Uber, Lyft and New York Loss Transfer
Mar 13 2018 // 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 Governor Andrew Cuomo...
Alabama Becomes 45th State to Pass Ridesharing Legislation
Mar 8 2018 // Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law that allows ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate statewide. The legislation proposed by Rep. David Faulkner, a Republican, and Sen. Bobby Singleton, a Democrat, will...
Uber Sued in Pennsylvania After Data Stolen by Hackers Covered Up
Mar 7 2018 // The ride-hailing company Uber broke Pennsylvania law when it failed to notify potential victims, including thousands of drivers, for a year after it discovered hackers had stolen their personal information, said the state...
London Unveils New Rules for Uber’s Drivers, Cars; Fleet Insurance Also Eyed
Feb 16 2018 // London’s transport authority unveiled proposed new rules for private hire taxi companies such as Uber by requiring them to limit working hours for their drivers, share data on travel patterns and ensure provision of...
Billionaire Chief of SoftBank Bets on Autonomously Driven World: Opinion
Feb 13 2018 // It has almost become a refrain: just what is Masayoshi Son up to? After plowing money into companies as diverse as Uber Technologies Inc., office rental specialist WeWork Cos Inc. and fintech lender SoFi, the billionaire...
Uber Agrees to Give Stock to Waymo to Settle Trade Secret Theft Dispute
Feb 9 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to give about $245 million in stock to settle the high-stakes trade-secret theft lawsuit brought by Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant its top driverless car...
Trial Over Waymo Claim of Uber Trade Secrets Theft Gets Underway
Feb 6 2018 // Uber was either a cheating competitor willing to break the law to win the race to develop self-driving cars, or the victim of an unproven conspiracy theory stitched together by its main rival, Waymo, jurors heard in...
Waymo-Uber Trial in California Highlights Tech Talent War
Feb 5 2018 // Should full frontal lobotomies be required of Silicon Valley engineers looking to change jobs? Uber Technologies Inc. has said with a touch of hyperbole that that’s what the future holds if Waymo wins its lawsuit...
Japan’s Peer-to-Peer Vouch Insurtech Raises Seed Funding
Feb 5 2018 // Taiwan venture capital firm Nogle Capital Management, Singapore venture capital firm GREE Ventures and several angel investors have participated in the seed funding round of SGD$1 million for Singapore startup Vouch...
If They Try It, They’ll Like It: How Ridesharing, Autonomous Cars Will Win Over the Public
Jan 23 2018 // Five years ago, when she was still an insurance broker with Marsh, Kate Sampson called insurance underwriters at American International Group (AIG) and other insurers with a new concept. “I’m working with this...
Uber Finally Gets $1-per-Driver Pay Settlement in California
Jan 18 2018 // Though at first Uber Technologies Inc. didn’t succeed in settling a lawsuit by California drivers alleging labor-code violations, it tried and tried again. A Los Angeles state judge finally said on Tuesday...
Uber Settles New York Drivers’ Class Action Over Fees for $3 Million
Jan 10 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to pay up to $3 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of 2,421 drivers in New York who accused the ride-sharing company of docking excessive fees from their...
Drivers Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon, Say Driverless Car Leaders
Jan 9 2018 // Carmakers and tech companies have fallen over one another in recent weeks to show the strides they’ve made with self-driving cars. At CES — usually a stage for bragging about futuristic bona fides — top...
Sugary Sports Beans, Uber Divorce Claims Among Chamber’s ‘Most Ridiculous’ Lawsuits of 2017
Dec 28 2017 // A lawsuit by a woman claiming she was deceived about the amount of sugar in an exercise supplement called Sport Beans tops the list of what a top U.S. business lobby sees as the “most ridiculous” lawsuits of...
China’s Ride-Hailing Firm Didi Raises $4B to Expand Overseas, Challenging Uber
Dec 22 2017 // Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing Technology Co. on Thursday said it has raised $4 billion in funds earmarked for expansion overseas and into areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), as it looks to challenge Uber...
EU Ruling Upholding Taxi Rules for Uber a Contrast to U.S. Approach
Dec 22 2017 // A European Union decision to treat Uber Technologies Inc. like a taxi company spotlights a trans-Atlantic divide over how governments cope with disruptive technologies and could embolden U.S. cities to restrict the...
