By Thomas Dickerson, Herzfeld & Rubin PC (May 8, 2017, 12:13 PM EDT) -- After its humiliating defeat in China[1], and as it's soon to be challenged worldwide by Chinese ride-sharing juggernaut Didi Chuxing, Uber is now facing the possibility that its very existence may be at stake, at least, in the United States. First, the Ninth and Second Circuits will decide in the near future whether and to what extent Uber's mandatory arbitration clauses and class action and class arbitration waivers in their driver contracts are enforceable. Second, Uber's questionable program known as "greyballing" is now the subject of a "United States Department of Justice inquiry over a program that it used to deceive regulators who were trying to shut down its ride-hailing service."[2] This could be Uber's Waterloo. ...
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