August 29, 2017
A Second Circuit panel said Tuesday that U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff could consider new information about how long Uber riders actually see the terms that bind them to arbitration, opening the door for the judge to take another crack at a practice he has called a "legal fiction."
August 24, 2017
An Uber Technologies Inc. customer fighting arbitration of his price-fixing claims asked the Second Circuit on Thursday to modify its Aug. 17 ruling to allow U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff to consider new information on remand about the visibility of the company's terms of service.
August 17, 2017
The Second Circuit on Thursday threw out a decision by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff that Uber could not force a customer to arbitrate price-fixing accusations against the company, saying rider Spencer Meyer was given adequate notice of Uber's terms when he signed up for the ride-sharing service.
May 18, 2017
Uber asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to heed a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that purportedly reinforces the ride-hailing company's arguments that class allegations of Uber and its drivers colluding to raise prices belong in arbitration.
May 16, 2017
An Uber passenger at the center of a proposed antitrust class action told the Second Circuit on Monday that a recent California ruling supports his claims that arbitration is inappropriate since Uber users may have been unable to see the service's terms and conditions when creating accounts.
March 24, 2017
Second Circuit Judge Denny Chin asked Friday if a trial should be held on whether Uber's mandatory arbitration clause was unlawfully buried in the smartphone of a rider who brought a price-fixing action — and the answer may hinge on a comment U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff made in open court.
March 20, 2017
A Texas federal court's recent finding that Uber reasonably notified users of its terms and conditions solidifies the ride-hailing giant's stance that a putative antitrust class action claiming Uber's CEO colluded with drivers to fix prices belongs in arbitration, the company told the Second Circuit Friday.
December 14, 2016
Uber Technologies Inc. and its CEO urged the Second Circuit Tuesday to overturn a ruling that Uber couldn't arbitrate a putative antitrust class action alleging collusion with drivers to fix prices, saying the decision resulted from Judge Jed Rakoff's "strong dislike" for arbitration, and that such bias is prohibited by federal law.
December 06, 2016
A national public interest law firm and 51 law professors asked the Second Circuit Tuesday to uphold a New York federal judge's ruling that Uber cannot force arbitration in a putative antitrust class action accusing the ride-hailing giant's chief executive of colluding with drivers to fix prices.
November 29, 2016
An Uber customer accusing the ride-sharing company and its CEO of price-fixing on Tuesday asked the Second Circuit to uphold a New York federal judge's determination that the company could not force them to arbitrate the putative class action, saying he never assented to an arbitration agreement.