February 24, 2017
Boston taxicab drivers on Friday appealed to the First Circuit a Massachusetts federal judge's recent refusal to block the state's new regulations for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, which the drivers claim violate their equal protection rights and represent an unconstitutional taking of their property.
January 19, 2017
Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could start picking up passengers at Boston's Logan Airport as early as Feb. 1, an attorney for the Massachusetts Port Authority told a federal judge Thursday — an announcement that angered the cab drivers who are suing to stop that from happening.
January 03, 2017
Boston taxicab drivers told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday that state officials cannot dodge a suit alleging the state's new regulations for so-called transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are an unconstitutional taking of taxicab drivers' property and violate their equal protection rights.
December 22, 2016
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday tossed a suit from Boston taxicab drivers alleging city officials violated the equal protection clause by applying stringent regulations to traditional taxicabs but not to so-called transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft, saying a newly enacted state law moots their claims.
September 23, 2016
Boston and other Massachusetts cities are unconstitutionally saddling taxicab drivers with burdensome and costly regulations, while the state allows ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to freely operate with less onerous oversight, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday.