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Michael Gonzales v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al
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September 26, 2018
Uber Escapes Lyft Driver Spying Class Action For Good
Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday for the third and final time dodged a proposed class action accusing it of using subterfuge to track Lyft Inc. drivers and gain a competitive advantage, after a California federal judge found that a Lyft driver's suit still didn't hold water.
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June 21, 2018
Uber Unravels Lone Claim In Lyft Driver's Spy Suit
A magistrate judge in California has doubled back on her decision that largely tossed a Lyft driver's proposed class action alleging Uber Technologies Inc. illegally tracked drivers, finding Thursday that the one claim for unfair competition she left intact should have been chucked with the rest of the suit.
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April 19, 2018
Uber Ducks Lyft Driver's 2nd Attempt At Spying Class Action
A Lyft driver accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of illegally tracking drivers bungled his second shot at proving the ride-hailing giant violated wiretapping and privacy laws, a California federal judge said Wednesday in dismissing the bulk of the amended suit, finding he had done little to fix the deficiencies in his original claims.
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October 30, 2017
Uber Wants Out Of Lyft Driver's Updated Spying Class Action
Uber asked a California federal judge Friday to toss a Lyft driver's amended suit accusing it of illegally tracking competing drivers, insisting the rejiggered complaint still quotes from a single online article and Wikipedia to make unfounded allegations that cannot pass muster as a class action.
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August 31, 2017
Uber Ditches Lyft Drivers' Spying Class Action, For Now
A California federal judge dismissed a Lyft driver's suit accusing Uber of tracking competing drivers, saying Thursday the complaint "just copied an article and put in some statutes," but she gave the putative class a second shot at explaining how the technology intercepted private communications in violation of federal wiretap laws.
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July 18, 2017
Lyft Driver Says No Consent Given To Uber's Tracking
A former Lyft driver urged a California federal court on Monday to deny Uber's move to dismiss his proposed class action accusing the company of spying on Lyft drivers' locations through a software program known as Hell, arguing that he did not consent to Uber tracking his location when he utilized the Lyft app.
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June 20, 2017
Uber Says It Can't Spy On Info Drivers Gave Away
Uber Technologies Inc. asked a California federal court Monday to toss a proposed class action accusing it of spying on Lyft drivers' locations with a secret software program known internally as "Hell," saying the ride-sharing company can't intercept information drivers readily provide.
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April 24, 2017
Lyft Drivers Sue Uber Over Use Of 'Hell' Tracking Software
Uber was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Monday accusing it of spying on Lyft drivers' locations with a secret software program referred to internally as "Hell," surveillance that allegedly allowed Uber to scope out its ride-sharing rival's coverage areas and detect which drivers worked for both companies.