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  1. December 14, 2018

    The Biggest Transportation Rulings Of 2018

    The transportation industry saw some major court decisions in 2018, with freight railroads losing a long-running appellate battle over Amtrak’s regulatory authority and Uber landing a Ninth Circuit win making it more difficult for drivers to pursue worker misclassification claims against it. Here, Law360 looks back at a few of the year’s biggest rulings affecting the transportation sector.

  2. September 20, 2018

    Uber Presses 9th Circ. To Undo Driver Misclassification Suits

    Uber told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that its recent finding that federal law doesn't preempt California's decades-old standard for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors should dismantle a class of hundreds of thousands of Uber drivers alleging they were misclassified and denied expense reimbursements and tips.

  3. November 16, 2017

    Top Uber Cases To Watch

    Uber, which for years has faced a legal onslaught targeting multiple facets of its ride-hailing business, is battling allegations of aggressive operating tactics including fostering a culture that allowed sexual harassment and mismanagement to thrive and misclassifying drivers as independent contractors. Here, Law360 examines some of the more high-profile cases that Uber has been embroiled in.

  4. September 20, 2017

    Uber Asks 9th Circ. To Decertify Driver Wage Class

    Uber urged the Ninth Circuit at a hearing Wednesday to decertify a class of drivers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors and send their claims to arbitration, saying the drivers' individual interests preclude certification and that the court's 2016 decision in another Uber case requires arbitration of individual claims.

  5. June 01, 2017

    Uber Drivers Defend Cert. In 9th Circ. Misclassification Row

    Drivers alleging Uber stiffed them on tips and expenses by misclassifying workers as independent contractors told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday the ride-hailing giant's arbitration agreements are illegal under the National Labor Relations Act and a district court's expanded class certification order should stand.

  6. May 04, 2017

    Uber Asks 9th Circ. To Shred Driver Misclassification Suits

    Uber on Wednesday calibrated its Ninth Circuit assault on several class actions alleging it misclassified drivers as independent contractors, insisting that its arbitration agreements are valid and enforceable in an effort to dismantle myriad litigation from drivers seeking tips, expense reimbursements, overtime and other benefits typically afforded to employees.

  7. March 23, 2017

    Uber, Drivers Play 'Hopscotch,' And 9th Circ. Not Amused

    The Ninth Circuit oversaw a hearing Thursday to sort through several appeals in class action litigation between Uber and drivers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors, with one judge complaining the parties' unwillingness to concede any arguments left them in "a game of hopscotch" between district and appellate courts.

  8. September 15, 2015

    Uber Seeks Review Of Class Cert. In Closely Watched Tips Suit

    Uber Technologies Inc. asked the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to let it appeal the class certification won by California drivers who claim they were mislabeled independent contractors and cheated out of tips, saying the court shouldn't place the fate of the entire industry in the hands of a single jury.

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