September 14, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to revisit a recent decision reviving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's antitrust challenge to a Seattle ordinance letting app-based, ride-hailing drivers bargain collectively, rejecting the city's petition for a rehearing before the full appeals court.
August 06, 2018
A Ninth Circuit panel was right to find that Seattle's law letting for-hire drivers, like those from Uber, form quasi-unions is vulnerable to an antitrust challenge, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Friday in a brief urging the full court not to rethink a ruling reviving parts of the business group's suit.
July 06, 2018
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia asked the full Ninth Circuit to revisit a recent appellate decision reviving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's challenge to a Seattle ordinance letting app-based, ride-hailing drivers bargain collectively, saying Thursday the ruling intruded on state sovereignty.
June 26, 2018
The city of Seattle asked the full Ninth Circuit to revisit a recent appellate decision reviving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's challenge to a city ordinance letting app-based, ride-hailing drivers bargain collectively, saying Monday that a panel trampled on states' sovereign powers to delegate regulatory authority to local governments.
May 11, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Friday breathed new life into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's challenge to a Seattle law letting app-based drivers bargain collectively, partially reversing a trial court's decision that dismissed the suit and holding that the city ordinance isn't exempt from federal antitrust law.
February 05, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Monday to find Seattle's ordinance allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize doesn't qualify for an exemption to federal antitrust laws, arguing that the city's powers to regulate transportation companies don't extend to authorizing collective bargaining.
December 11, 2017
A dozen states and the AFL-CIO threw their support behind the city of Seattle on Friday, telling the Ninth Circuit that a local ordinance allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize should be upheld because it's covered by state-action immunity and doesn't violate federal antitrust law.
December 08, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to allow the agency to participate in oral arguments in a challenge to Seattle's ordinance allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize, saying the law runs afoul of the so-called state action doctrine and could lead to too many antitrust exemptions.
December 04, 2017
Seattle told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that its ordinance allowing drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft to unionize is immune from antitrust challenges, and that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit against the collective bargaining law should be rejected.
November 06, 2017
Federal agencies asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to revive a challenge to Seattle's ordinance allowing drivers for Uber and Lyft to unionize, saying the law runs afoul of the so-called state action doctrine and could lead to too many antitrust exemptions.