June 03, 2019
Uber owes $1.2 million in attorney fees after an "eviscerated" class of drivers prevailed in their suit accusing the company of taking safety fees out of their fares, a California federal judge ordered, far short of the $3.3 million the drivers' counsel asked for.
November 20, 2018
Attorneys for a putative class of hundreds of thousands of Uber drivers that was slashed to a certified class of 9,600 because of a Ninth Circuit decision in another case against the company argued Monday for more than $3.3 million in fees for their $1.9 million win.
June 14, 2018
A certified class of drivers alleging Uber improperly took a cut of their fares by instituting a $1 "safe rides fee" cannot collect punitive damages on their breach of contract claim against the ride-hailing giant, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.
May 09, 2018
Uber Technologies Inc. fired back Tuesday at a certified class of drivers seeking to delve into the ride-hailing giant's financials to support their bid for punitive damages, in a suit alleging Uber improperly took a cut of drivers' fares by instituting a $1 "safe rides fee."
April 09, 2018
A certified class of drivers accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of improperly taking a cut of their fares by instituting a $1 "safe rides fee" moved Friday to seek punitive damages against the company and slammed Uber's attempt to split off that portion of the case.
March 08, 2018
A California federal judge Thursday handed a win to a group of Uber Technologies Inc. drivers who say their contract was breached through the overcharging of a $1 "safe ride" fee.
October 31, 2017
A California federal judge appeared open Tuesday to granting a quick win to a putative class of Uber drivers who claim the ride-hailing company breached its contracts with drivers by deducting "safe rides" fees from driver fares, saying Uber drafted "a bad contract" that doesn't define certain essential terms.
December 08, 2016
Uber drivers who signed arbitration agreements must arbitrate their breach of contract claims against the ride-hailing app over the charging of a "safe rides fee," a California federal judge ruled Thursday, pointing to Uber's pledge to shoulder the full share of the arbitration costs.
October 26, 2016
Uber drivers asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to certify their proposed breach-of-contract class action accusing the ride-hailing giant of improperly taking a cut of their fares by instituting a "safe rides fee," insisting that Uber's bid to force the fight into arbitration doesn't fly.