Uber Lawsuit news and trends

Uber Settles NY Driver Fees Lawsuit For $3M
Payments Innovation // January 10, 2018

Ride-hailing app company Uber reached a settlement with more than 2,000 New York drivers, agreeing to pay $3 million. Reuters, citing a court filing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, reported that Uber agreed to pay the $3 million to settle what was a...

Uber Sues Fetch Media For Fraudulent Ads
Legal // September 20, 2017

Uber has filed a lawsuit against Fetch Media, accusing the mobile ad company of improper billing for fraudulent ads and falsely taking credit for app downloads. According to Adweek, the at least $40 million lawsuit was filed on Monday in United States District Court in...

Sources Reveal Meg Whitman Is Benchmark’s Top Pick For Uber CEO
Personnel // August 23, 2017

In Uber news this week, sources have revealed that Benchmark, Uber’s biggest investor, wants Meg Whitman to be the ridesharing company’s new CEO. Whitman is currently the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. And while she had publicly denied she wanted the job on July 27...

Quick Reads
Uber Lawsuit Verdict: Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees

September 26, 2018
A three-judge panel has ruled in favor of the company in the Uber lawsuit focused on Uber jobs and whether the ridesharing company’s drivers should be considered Uber employees or freelancers. According to The Verge, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision on Tuesday (September 25) that reversed the class certification order in the […]

Uber Settles NY Driver Fees Lawsuit For $3M

January 10, 2018
Ride-hailing app company Uber reached a settlement with more than 2,000 New York drivers, agreeing to pay $3 million. Reuters, citing a court filing in federal court in Brooklyn, New...

Uber Sues Fetch Media For Fraudulent Ads

September 20, 2017
Uber has filed a lawsuit against Fetch Media, accusing the mobile ad company of improper billing for fraudulent ads and falsely taking credit for app downloads. According to Adweek, the...

Sources Reveal Meg Whitman Is Benchmark’s Top Pick For Uber CEO

August 23, 2017
In Uber news this week, sources have revealed that Benchmark, Uber’s biggest investor, wants Meg Whitman to be the ridesharing company’s new CEO. Whitman is currently the CEO of Hewlett...