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Uber and Lyft to finally share names of drivers deactivated over sexual...
By Sara Ashley O’Brien | CNN Business Uber and Lyft have largely operated in silos when it comes to deactivating drivers over the most severe reports of safety incidents, potentially allowing bad...
View ArticleVallejo woman flees Lyft out window after driver with meth pipe locks doors,...
A Vallejo woman claims in a new lawsuit that her Lyft driver pulled into a dark lane, stopped the car and locked the doors, forcing her to flee out the vehicle’s window. Gsa Gsa Ward said in the...
View ArticleUber, Lyft have a California playbook to fight proposed U.S. rules on...
By Tina Bellon | Reuters Uber, Lyft and other gig-economy companies face a new challenge from the Biden administration to their use of contract workers, but as they gear up for a fight in Washington...
View ArticleCalifornia board adopts EV mandate for ride-hailing services
By Tina Bellon | Reuters NEW YORK – California’s clean air regulator on Thursday adopted rules to mandate that nearly all trips on Uber’s and Lyft’s ride-hailing platforms have to be in electric...
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Suspect in violent robbery of elderly California Lyft driver is arrested
A 26-year-old Downey man has been arrested on suspicion of violently robbing and attacking a Lyft driver more than a week ago at a South El Monte gas station, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department...
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Lyft has yet to disclose sexual assault incidents as cases grow
By Sara Ashley O’Brien | CNN Business More than three years after ridehail companies Uber and Lyft first pledged to release safety reports disclosing incidents of sexual assault and abuse on their...
View ArticleDozens of women sue Uber claiming drivers sexually attacked them
With dozens of women suing Uber over alleged sexual attacks by drivers in multiple U.S. states, a Bay Area law firm representing plaintiffs submitted a court petition Monday to group more than 80 cases...
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California fined Uber $59 million over sexual assault data. Now it may pay...
By Sara Ashley O’Brien | CNN Business Uber has struck a deal with a California regulator that would drastically reduce a substantial fine against the company for failing to hand over data on sexual...
View ArticleJudge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional
By Brian Melley | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A judge Friday struck down a California ballot measure that exempted Uber and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services from a state law...
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Gig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is...
By Chauncey Alcorn | CNN Business Some California gig worker advocacy groups expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a federal court judge’s Friday ruling against Prop. 22. Others who support the...
View ArticleCalifornia customers face higher rideshare bill on Prop. 22 reversal
By Jackie Davalos | Bloomberg Consumers in California may be on the hook for pricier ride shares and food delivery after a state judge struck down a voter-approved ballot to let gig-economy giants like...
View ArticleWalters: California’s gig worker fight is back in court
The high-stakes conflict over whether those who drive for Uber, Lyft and other delivery and rideshare companies are employees or independent contractors entered a new phase last week in an Alameda...
View ArticleLyft, Uber to cover fees for drivers sued under Texas law
NEW YORK — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said Friday they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. The Texas law bans abortions...
View ArticleLyft: More than 4,000 sexual assault reports in 3 years
By Sara Ashley O’Brien | CNN Ridehail company Lyft on Thursday released its first ever safety report, disclosing that it received 4,158 reports of sexual assault on its platform in 2017, 2018, and...
View ArticleNew fuel charge to hit Bay Area Uber rides this week amid gas price surge
Many Bay Area Uber passengers have already encountered sticker shock as they hail a ride home from a bar or travel to the airport. But starting Wednesday, riders will be paying a bit more as the...
View ArticleOpinion: Appeals court should stop assault on gig workers
In November 2020, nearly 10 million Californians voted to support Proposition 22, a ballot measure that granted app-based drivers independence in their work while also guaranteeing hourly earnings and...
View ArticleUber, Lyft drivers switch to Teslas as high gas prices squeeze profit
By Jackie Davalos | Bloomberg Some Uber and Lyft drivers are finding that renting or buying a Tesla, the luxury electric car, is a more profitable option now amid soaring gas prices that have upended...
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Uber releases safety data: 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 rape...
By Sara Ashley O’Brien | CNN Business Even as its ridership was decimated by the pandemic in 2020, Uber recorded 141 reports of rape on its platform in the United States, the company disclosed in its...
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The balance of power is shifting in the tech industry
By Rishi Iyengar | CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to attract and retain talent in a hyper-competitive...
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