Lawyers

• California Cracks Down on Self-driving Car Law

  California wants to tighten their law about self-driving cars due to a situation that occurred with Uber, hoping to make things safer for everyone.

• Transportation Regulator Fines Uber $11.4M Over Illegal Operation In Pennsylvannia

  Transportation regulator, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has fined Uber $11.4 million over its illegal operation in the state in 2014. The ride-sharing service claimed that the fine was too high, as it was the highest imposed by a regulator in the same offense.

• Uber to suspend unlicensed UberPOP service in Brussels

  Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], the company behind the popular ride-hailing service, said on Tuesday it would suspend its unlicensed UberPOP service in Brussels after a court ordered it shut down.

• Uber wins dismissal of lawsuit by Connecticut taxi companies

  Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state.

• Toronto cab drivers sue to halt Uber; seek C$400 million in damages

  Toronto taxi drivers are launching a class-action lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], seeking more than C$400 million ($307.27 million) in damages and an injunction to stop it operating in the Canadian province of Ontario.

• California man sues Uber claiming it stole ride-sharing idea

  A California man has sued Uber Technologies Inc and its Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, claiming they stole his idea for a cellphone-based car hailing service.

• Uber must face lawsuit claiming bias against blind riders

  Uber Technologies Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs, a federal judge ruled.

• Uber loses bid to withhold CEO emails in gratuity lawsuit

  A federal judge rejected Uber Technologies Inc's bid that it not be required to disclose emails from Chief Executive Travis Kalanick in a California lawsuit accusing the popular ride-booking service of deceiving customers about how it shares tips with drivers.

• Ridesharing firms face legal threat from San Francisco, Los Angeles

  District attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles have accused ridesharing service Sidecar Inc of violating California business law and threatened an injunction on its service, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a letter sent to Sidecar and reviewed by the paper.

• Connecticut taxi and livery firms sue Uber, Lyft for racketeering

  According to the complaint filed by the Taxicabs & Livery Council of Connecticut Inc along with over a dozen dozen taxi and livery companies, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc allegedly misappropriate the existing infrastructure of taxi and livery services in Connecticut, thanks to their business model.

• Woman claims in lawsuit Uber driver made sexual advances

  An unnamed woman claimed that a driver of Uber Technologies Inc has fondled her sensitive parts and made lewd advances at her while on the job on March 8, Chicago Tribune said.