April 26, 2018
More than a dozen women sent Uber's board of directors a letter Thursday asking that they be freed from the constraints of arbitration provisions contained in their consumer agreements so they can pursue a class action alleging that inadequate driver screening procedures led to them and others being raped, harassed or sexually assaulted.
November 16, 2017
Uber, which for years has faced a legal onslaught targeting multiple facets of its ride-hailing business, is battling allegations of aggressive operating tactics including fostering a culture that allowed sexual harassment and mismanagement to thrive and misclassifying drivers as independent contractors. Here, Law360 examines some of the more high-profile cases that Uber has been embroiled in.
November 14, 2017
Two women who say they were raped by Uber drivers hit the ride-hailing company with a multimillion-dollar California federal class action Tuesday alleging its "woefully inadequate" driver screening process has allowed drivers to sexually assault or harass more than 1,000 riders.