Latest Sharing Economy Headlines
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California Suspect in Serial Rapes Was a Lyft Driver
Jul 19 2018 // Ridesharing company Lyft said this week that it’s investigating how a former driver now charged in a series of rapes passed a background check even though federal immigration officials say the suspect was living in...
Uber Said to be Facing Probe into Alleged Gender Discrimination
Jul 18 2018 // Uber is facing a U.S. government investigation into allegations that the ride-hailing service set up a pay structure that discriminated against its female workers. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened...
Judge Rules Airbnb Can’t Dodge Aimco’s Illegal Sublease Claims in Miami
Jul 16 2018 // Airbnb Inc., having escaped a major U.S. landlord’s lawsuit over partying tourists at high-end Los Angeles apartments, will have to defend itself against the same allegations by the same landlord in Miami. A Florida...
Alabama Ridesharing Law Now in Effect
Jul 16 2018 // A new Alabama law allows ridesharing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to operate statewide. The law, approved by the Alabama Legislature earlier this year, went into effect July 1. The Alabama Public Service Commission...
How Much Americans Could Save by Choosing Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning Personal Vehicles
Jul 16 2018 // Self-driving cars promise safer roads, less traffic and increased mobility. Some autonomous vehicle proponents also maintain they will save time and money. But will they really save Americans time and money? And even if...
More Employers Adopting Continuous Background Checks on Employees
Jul 12 2018 // Jay Cradeur takes pride in his 4.9 driver rating on Uber Technologies Inc.’s five-star scale and the almost 19,000 rides he’s given in the capital of ride sharing, San Francisco. So he was puzzled — and...
How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning
Jul 3 2018 // Self-driving cars promise safer roads, less traffic and increased mobility. Some autonomous vehicle proponents also maintain they will save time and money. But will they really save Americans time and money? And even if...
NYC Drivers for Uber, Other Apps to Get Vision Care Coverage
Jul 2 2018 // Drivers for car services and ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft are usually on their own when it comes to buying health insurance, but starting Sunday in New York they will now be able to get coverage for vision care as...
Alabama Ridesharing Law Takes Effect
Jul 2 2018 // A new Alabama law allows ridesharing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to operate statewide. The law, approved by the Alabama Legislature earlier this year, went into effect July 1. The Alabama Public Service Commission...
Uber Granted 15-Month License to Keep Operating in London
Jun 26 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. was given an 15-month license to operate in London by a judge after the ride-sharing service worked out most of its differences with regulators. Judge Emma Arbuthnot granted the license in a ruling...
Honolulu Bills Aimed at Taxi, Ridesharing Companies
Jun 25 2018 // Officials in Honolulu, Hawaii are introducing two bills that would make regulations on traditional taxicab companies more in line with regulations on ridesharing companies. Taxi companies such as Charley’s, The Cab...
Uber Girds for Court Battle to Continue Operating in London
Jun 25 2018 // In a TV ad currently airing in the U.K., a young woman leaves a bar alone and prepares to step into an Uber. “I know his license number and he’s made 3,000 trips and speaks four languages,” she says to...
Police Say Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Before Self-Driving Car Crash in Arizona
Jun 22 2018 // Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal...
RideSafe Product from SURE, Chubb Insures Ridesharing Passengers
Jun 20 2018 // Insurtech platform SURE has launched RideSafe, an insurance product offering passengers coverage for ridesharing networks, beginning with Uber and Lyft. Future offerings of RideSafe will include coverage for passengers...
Sizing Up the Gig Economy
Jun 14 2018 // Look around, and it seems more Americans are working outside traditional full-time jobs — whether as freelance graphic designers or independent contractors or Uber drivers. Or maybe not. A government report this week...
Injury Lawyers Chasing Scooter Accidents, In Search of Insurers
Jun 12 2018 // Bird Rides Inc. and other scooter startups have drawn fire from pedestrian advocates, politicians and annoyed citizens. Now they have a new nemesis: personal-injury lawyers. In recent months, people hurt riding (or hit by)...
Uber Ends Self-Driving Program in Arizona Following Fatality
Jun 4 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said last month. Uber Technologies Inc. is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle...
Former Uber Engineer Files Suit for Harassment, Retaliation
Jun 4 2018 // A former software engineer at Uber Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the ridesharing service, claiming she was subjected to sexual harassment and subjected to retaliation for complaining about it. The lawsuit...
How Safe Must Driverless Vehicles Be to Be Accepted? Very Safe.
May 31 2018 // The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led to doubts about whether these...
Rivals Uber, Waymo in Talks About Driverless Ride Hailing Partnership
May 31 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. is talking with Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit Waymo about using its technology on Uber’s ride-hailing app, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday, signaling a...
