June 26, 2023
Microsoft Corp. can invoke a contract between Uber Inc. and two rideshare drivers to steer the drivers' biometric privacy claims against Microsoft to arbitration, even though the tech giant was potentially negligent by litigating the case for nearly two years before invoking the Uber contract's protections for third parties, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.
March 13, 2023
Uber drivers urged an Illinois federal judge to block Microsoft's bid to individually arbitrate their biometric privacy claims targeting allegedly unlawful facial scans, arguing the tech giant waived its arbitration rights by litigating for nearly two years before raising the issue.
February 21, 2023
Microsoft has asked a federal judge in Illinois to send biometric privacy claims about facial recognition technology used in Uber's driver verification process to arbitration, arguing that the agreement drivers signed when they became Uber drivers also applies to their claims against the tech giant.
December 14, 2022
Microsoft must litigate biometric privacy claims targeting facial recognition technology used in Uber's driver verification process because the tech giant licensed its software to the rideshare company with changes specifically made for Illinois users, a federal judge said Tuesday.
August 24, 2022
Microsoft renewed its bid Tuesday to ax claims brought by two Uber drivers accusing the company of violating Illinois' biometric privacy law, saying it's not subject to personal jurisdiction in the Prairie State and that it's Uber, not Microsoft, that had any relevant contact with Illinois.
June 29, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday severed two claims and remanded them to state court in a lawsuit brought by two Uber drivers accusing Microsoft of violating the state's biometric privacy law.