May 20, 2016
A pair of Lyft drivers on Thursday sought to intervene in the $27 million settlement in the proposed class action alleging the ride-hailing company misclassified California drivers as independent contractors, saying the revised deal may threaten their claims in a separate suit against Lyft.
May 12, 2016
Lyft's upsized $27 million settlement ending a proposed class action alleging it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors offers concessions that could gird the ride-hailing company against future anticipated attacks on its business, experts say.
May 11, 2016
Lyft Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay $27 million to close out a proposed class action brought by California drivers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors, more than doubling an earlier offer thrown out by a California federal judge last month.
April 07, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected a proposed $12.25 million settlement in a class action Lyft drivers had brought against the ride-hailing company, saying the lackluster nonmonetary relief offered to the drivers did not compensate for a severely lacking money award.
April 01, 2016
Lyft Inc. drivers urged a California federal judge on Thursday to keep the Teamsters and other would-be intervenors out of their proposed class action alleging the ride-hailing service misclassified them as independent contractors, saying there's no justification for disturbing a proposed $12 million settlement.
March 22, 2016
Lyft Inc. drivers in California could have recouped $126 million in expense reimbursements over the past four years if the ride-hailing service had classified them as employees rather than contractors, according to recent court documents filed in a proposed class action.
March 15, 2016
The Teamsters and a group of Lyft Inc. drivers urged a California federal court Tuesday to reject an approximately $12 million settlement between the ride-hailing service and other drivers, saying the deal would leave the company's practice of misclassifying the workers in place.
February 11, 2016
Lyft Inc. and a proposed class of drivers suing the ride-hailing service must clarify a few points of their proposed $12 million settlement after a California federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a provision refusing to classify the workers as employees defies the suit's purpose.
January 27, 2016
Lyft Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay $12.25 million and give additional job security to a proposed class of current and former drivers suing the ride-hailing service in California federal court, but stopped short of classifying drivers as employees.
June 04, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday refused Lyft Inc. drivers' bid to stay a parallel proposed class action in state court accusing the ride-hailing company of labor violations, saying that although letting the state case proceed could harm unnamed class members, the decision isn't up to him.