Drivers At Fault For Their Own Stalled Arbitrations, Uber Says

By Dean Seal (January 15, 2019, 9:36 PM EST) -- Uber told a California federal judge on Monday that drivers requesting an order to force the ride-hailing company to cover the costs of their individual arbitrations over a classification dispute are impeding their own progress by seeking the order in federal court and refusing to pay their filing fees.

The basis for law firm Larson O'Brien's request for what Uber claims to be $18 million in filing fees for the 12,501 arbitrations at issue is unclear, the company said, but "irrespective of the confusing manner in which this petition has been raised with the court," a recent Ninth Circuit ruling dictates...

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