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Idaho Panel Clears Bill to Ease Restrictions on Uber
Mar 12 2015 // A bill that would allow the popular ridesharing company Uber to bypass local city ordinances and operate how it wants in Idaho is headed to the House floor. The House Transportation and Defense Committee endorsed the...
Juries to Decide If Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Independent Contractors
Mar 12 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. lost an early round of a fight with drivers in lawsuits that could upend the companies’ nationwide business models. The on-demand car services will need to make the case to juries...
‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber
Mar 12 2015 // David Sutton is looking for the worst possible news about Uber Technologies. An accident in San Francisco, an assault in Boston: Such bad tidings for Uber are ammunition for Sutton, a 48-year-old publicist. “Uber is...
Operations in Boise, Idaho Suspended by Uber After Impasse
Mar 9 2015 // Uber said it was suspending its operations in Boise, Idaho, after reaching an impasse in negotiations with city leaders over new regulations. “Steep and growing costs that come from offering thousands of free rides...
Georgia House Passes Ridesharing Regulation Bill
Mar 5 2015 // The first of a slew of bills that would regulate popular car-hailing companies such as Uber overwhelmingly passed the Georgia House on Tuesday, but the San Francisco-based tech firm said it was not happy with the measure...
Philadelphia Cab Owners Lose Bid to Ban Uber Service
Mar 4 2015 // Philadelphia cab companies, threatened by the expansion of Uber Technologies Inc., lost a court bid to block the on-demand car service from operating in the city. Checker Cab Philadelphia Inc. and 44 other companies failed...
Connecticut Debates How to Regulate Rideshare Services
Mar 4 2015 // Connecticut is the latest state to grapple with how to regulate Uber and other ride-hailing services being embraced by the public but angering the long-established taxi and livery industry. Taxi and livery drivers say...
Operations In Boise, Idaho Suspended by Uber After Impasse
Mar 2 2015 // Uber said on it was suspending its operations in Boise, Idaho, after reaching an impasse in negotiations with city leaders over new regulations. “Steep and growing costs that come from offering thousands of free...
Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers
Mar 2 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. said its database was access by an unauthorized third party last year, resulting in the possible theft of information on 50,000 drivers. The drivers, who are part of Uber’s mobile car-booking...
Analyst: Taxi Medallions No ‘Safe haven’ in Wake of Uber
Feb 24 2015 // Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, is hitting taxicabs where it hurts: The medallion business. Taxi companies make money by charging drivers for medallions, or licenses to drive their cabs. In a note to investors last...
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Ridesharing Regulations
Feb 23 2015 // Georgia legislators have filed bills to force companies such as Uber to conduct more rigorous background checks on their drivers and raising liability insurance minimums for passengers. Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said...
City Council in Oregon Says Uber Must Follow Traditional Taxi Rules
Feb 23 2015 // While Uber may be a new kind of ride service, it should comply with the same rules as traditional taxi companies — and that means being licensed by the city, the Eugene City Council has decided. The council voted 8-0...
Declarations
Feb 23 2015 // Anthem Data Breach “The personally identifiable information apparently hacked at Anthem is exactly what tax fraud thieves use to make false refund claims that appear to be legitimate.” —Kevin Sullivan,...
Opinion: Florida Sending Mixed Messages About Uber Insurance Requirements
Feb 13 2015 // Last month, California regulators said all “peer-to-peer” taxi drivers (i.e. Uber & Lyft) were required to have “commercial” plates, stating, “Customers have inquired about this process...
Minnesota Lawmakers Expected to Debate Rideshare Insurance Gap
Feb 13 2015 // Minnesota lawmakers could decide whether to regulate the ride-hailing industry this year. House and Senate legislators say they plan to introduce bills soon to toughen insurance regulations for companies like Uber and...
Lyft Joins Uber in Getting Final OK for Pennsylvania Service
Feb 13 2015 // Pennsylvania’s regulators say they’re satisfied with the plan by the ridesharing service Lyft to comply with conditions for a two-year license for experimental service to operate everywhere in the state except...
Georgia Lawmakers File Bills to Control Ridesharing Services
Feb 13 2015 // Georgia legislators have filed a flurry of bills aimed at forcing ridesharing companies such as Uber to conduct more rigorous background checks on their drivers and raise liability insurance minimums for passengers. Uber...
City Council in Oregon Says Uber Must Follow Traditional Taxi Rules
Feb 11 2015 // While Uber may be a new kind of ride service, it should comply with the same rules as traditional taxi companies – and that means being licensed by the city, the Eugene City Council has decided . The council voted 8-0 on...
Uber, Taxi Battle Could Be Big Issue For Nevada Legislature
Feb 6 2015 // Lawmakers say a fight between Nevada’s taxicab industry and Uber, the ride hailing company that operated in the state this fall before a court decision prompted it to shut down, could be the biggest transportation...
Lawmaker Proposes Bill Regulating Uber in Georgia
Feb 6 2015 // The chairman of the Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee has sponsored a bill to regulate the popular ridesharing service Uber. Republican Rep. Alan Powell of Hartwell said Wednesday that House Bill...
