June 04, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge greenlighted a second trial Tuesday to determine whether drivers for Uber's high-end ride-share option are independent contractors after a jury couldn't come to an agreement on the issue in March.
May 01, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday seemed poised to start a second trial to determine whether drivers of Uber's high-end ride-share option are independent contractors or employees after a jury deadlocked on the issue in March.
April 15, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that the luxury car drivers who accused Uber Technologies Inc. of misclassifying them as independent contractors must respond to the company's renewed post-trial win bid, rejecting the drivers' argument that it was too long and filed too late.
April 10, 2024
UberBlack drivers urged a Pennsylvania federal judge not to require them to respond to Uber Technologies Inc.'s additional filing in an independent contractor dispute after the company already submitted a brief invoking Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," saying Uber defied an order setting page limits.
April 02, 2024
Making reference to Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said a group of UberBlack drivers chose their road when they urged a Pennsylvania federal court to consider less than a unanimous verdict, and could not turn back around when the jurors leaned toward declaring them independent contractors.
March 11, 2024
A federal jury in Philadelphia on Monday leaned toward classifying UberBlack drivers in the city as independent contractors instead of employees, but the trial judge indicated he may make the final call after a deadlock among the jurors prompted him to dismiss them.
March 08, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge told a Philadelphia jury Friday to return Monday after its eight members deadlocked on whether UberBlack drivers in the city were employees of the ride-sharing company entitled to minimum wage and benefits, or independent contractors, as Uber classified them.
March 04, 2024
Counsel for Uber drivers told a federal jury in Philadelphia on Monday that the ride-hailing company saved big on labor costs by misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to benefits.
February 16, 2024
Uber urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Friday to disregard the state attorney general's amicus brief filed in a wage case that will decide whether UberBlack limo drivers are employees or independent contractors, saying the attorney general's involvement is superfluous.
February 08, 2024
Pennsylvania state law is more protective than the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore a federal jury should mull those two statutes separately when it decides whether UberBlack limo drivers are employees or independent contractors, the state attorney general told a Pennsylvania federal court.