December 05, 2016
St. Louis taxi and limousine companies cannot escape an antitrust suit accusing the city's Metropolitan Taxicab Commission and its commissioners of conspiring to institute regulations to stifle competition, an Uber subsidiary and others who brought the suit told a Missouri federal court Friday.
November 08, 2016
Uber sought to shut down for good class allegations that it stole business from taxi drivers by intentionally flouting St. Louis regulations requiring all for-hire drivers to get fingerprinted and obtain commercial drivers' licenses, saying Monday the amended suit still offers zero substantive facts.
October 06, 2016
A Missouri federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a suit brought by an Uber Technologies Inc. unit accusing the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission of conspiring with its commissioners to institute onerous regulations that unlawfully stifle competition, saying the quasi-government agency isn't immune to antitrust claims.
November 09, 2015
A subsidiary of Uber told a Missouri federal court Friday that St. Louis' taxi regulation commission is fair game for an antitrust suit alleging the commission conspires with cab companies to impede competition.
October 28, 2015
Another St. Louis taxicab company sought to dodge an Uber subsidiary's antitrust suit over new background check regulations requiring fingerprinting in Missouri federal court Tuesday, arguing there haven't been sufficient allegations that it conspired to hamstring the ride-hailing app.
October 23, 2015
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that state professional regulatory boards are not inherently shielded from antitrust challenges, a number of suits have piled into federal courts across the country, arguing that everything from rules requiring background checks for taxi app service drivers to disciplinary actions over dog vaccine doses thwart competition. Here are a few cases to watch as district courts begin to analyze those issues.
October 21, 2015
St. Louis taxicab companies on Tuesday urged a Missouri federal judge to toss an Uber subsidiary's antitrust suit over new background check regulations, arguing the complaint lacks any factual allegations that the companies joined in the alleged conspiracy.
October 19, 2015
St. Louis' taxi regulator pushed Friday to escape an Uber subsidiary's challenge to new background check regulations, telling a Missouri federal court that it is immune from the antitrust suit as a government agency authorized to regulate the industry under state law.
September 18, 2015
A group from an Uber Technologies Inc. subsidiary lobbed an antitrust suit in Missouri federal court on Friday against the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission, its commissioners and several cab companies over new background check regulations they say are aimed at shutting the ride-hailing service out of St. Louis.