Latest Uber Headlines
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Uber Driver Case Tests ‘Sharing Economy’ Business Model
Aug 4 2015 // The most serious challenge to Uber Technologies Inc.’s “Be your own Boss” business model might also present an early test to the wider sharing economy as well as undermine its own $50 billion...
Uber, Driver Attorneys Steering Toward Crucial California Hearing
Aug 3 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. is jostling with drivers suing for reimbursement of their expenses in advance of an important hearing next week in the fight over whether drivers are independent contractors or employees entitled to...
Despite Truce, Uber Agreement Keeps Tensions High at NYC City Hall
Jul 27 2015 // The deal that, for now, decided the ride-hailing behemoth Uber’s future in New York City began with a phone call to Rome. New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Tuesday, July 21, called Mayor Bill de...
NYC, Uber Reach Deal: No Cap on Company During 4-Month Study
Jul 24 2015 // Uber cars can continue to be a growing presence on the streets of New York City now that an agreement has been reached between the ride-hailing company and the city. Just before a City Council vote that could have capped...
Uber to Open Miami Headquarters
Jul 22 2015 // The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced plans to set up a Miami headquarters. The company announced July 20 that it has signed a lease for about 9,300 square feet of office space at Brickell City Tower, located...
Dispute Simmering Between Uber, de Blasio Over Access to NYC Streets
Jul 21 2015 // A dispute is simmering between the ride-booking service Uber and New York Mayor Bill de Blaiso’s City Hall, an increasingly pitched disagreement playing out on smartphones, over the airwaves and in the press over a...
Judge in California Says Uber Must Face Taxi Suit over Safety Claims
Jul 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that the app-based ridesharing...
Uber to Cease Operations in Florida’s Broward County
Jul 20 2015 // The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced it is leaving Broward County, Florida. The company said July 6 that it will withdraw completely from the county on July 31. Uber had previously agreed to withdraw from the...
Uber Driver Arrested in Florida City for Violating Ordinance
Jul 17 2015 // Police in Key West, Fla., have arrested an Uber driver following a crackdown on unlicensed vehicle-for-hire drivers. Spokeswoman Alyson Crean told the Miami Herald that 51-year-old Martin Maness was arrested July 10 on two...
Labor Department’s 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors
Jul 16 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed...
Uber to Settle Lawsuit Over California Girl’s Crosswalk Death
Jul 16 2015 // Uber is settling lawsuit with the family of a 6-year-old girl who died when a company driver hit her with his SUV. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the company is paying the family an undisclosed settlement for the 2013...
California Judge Fines Uber $7.3 M, and Suspends Service
Jul 16 2015 // Uber has been fined $7.3 million for refusing to give California regulators information about the ride-hailing company’s business practices, including accident details and how accessible vehicles are to disabled...
NYC Taxi Regulator Sides With Uber in Employee vs. Contractor Debate
Jul 14 2015 // New York considers drivers for ride-hailing car services such as Uber freelance workers rather than employees, according to the city’s chief taxi regulator, a policy that supports the company’s business...
Uber Reaches Interim Deal to Operate in Burlington, Vermont
Jul 14 2015 // The city of Burlington, Vermont, and the Uber ride-hailing service have signed an agreement to allow Uber to temporarily operate in the city and at the airport, the mayor’s office announced on July 10. Under the...
Uber Fighting California Driver Lawsuit
Jul 10 2015 // Uber is arguing that a lawsuit filed by drivers should not proceed as a class action with the ride service citing statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are...
Uber Says ‘So Long’ to One of Florida’s Largest Counties
Jul 8 2015 // The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced it is leaving Broward County. The company announced July 6 that it will withdraw completely from the county on July 31. Uber had previously agreed to withdraw from the...
Bill Allowing Uber to Stay in South Carolina Is Officially Law
Jul 6 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
NYC Legislators Seek to Put Limits on Rideshare Vehicles During Study
Jul 2 2015 // Staff and drivers for ride-hailing company Uber gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday, June 30, to protest legislation that would put limits on for-hire vehicles while the city conducts a study on whether the sharp growth...
Bill Allowing Uber to Stay in South Carolina is Officially Law
Jul 2 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Two Uber Executives Detained by French Police Pending Investigation
Jun 30 2015 // French police have detained two executives from Uber for questioning as a government clampdown intensifies on the U.S.-based taxi and ride-sharing service. Thibaud Simphal, manager of Uber France, and Pierre-Dimitri...
