August 17th 2022
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Last week, First Amendment scholars Professors Charles Fried and Robert Post filed this amicus brief in Janus in support of neither party. On the one hand, Fried and Post worry that First Amendment "doctrines would be substantially undermined were this Court to...
The New York Times’s “Live Briefing” is tracking Day 3 of the Trump Administration’s Cabinet confirmation hearings. Today, General James Mattis, nominee for defense secretary, Rep. Mike Pompeo, nominee for CIA director, and Dr. Ben Carson, nominee for housing and...
In a significant court filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board has backed Uber drivers challenging the validity of driver arbitration clauses with class action waivers, and signaled that the legality of such clauses is an...
In a major ruling with significant ramifications for class actions challenging the classification of Uber drivers as independent contractors, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Mohamed v. Uber held that the majority of Uber's driver arbitration agreements are in...
While the O'Connor settlement awaits approval, Uber has made a series of changes designed to appeal to drivers. The New York Times reports that "drivers can more easily pause ride requests" and that drivers can now be paid instantly. Uber will also start rides...
As the debate over the proposed settlement in O'Connor v. Uber continues, some advocates have focused on how deference to arbitration agreements is a fundamental problem. Katherine V.W. Stone writes for the Economic Policy Institute that "it is now more clear than...
Caroline O'Donovan reports for Buzzfeed that named plaintiff Douglas O'Connor is among those who have filed objections to the proposed settlement in O'Connor v. Uber, the federal class action challenging the classification of Uber drivers as independent...
While debate continues over the proposed settlement in O’Connor v. Uber, three other federal cases (summarized below) were recently dismissed by federal district judges who enforced Uber’s mandatory arbitration clauses. According to the judges in these cases,...
Reuters reports that court documents made public yesterday show Uber drivers covered by the O'Connor class action, namely those who worked for Uber in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years, would be owed an estimated $730 million in expense...
On a day of huge Uber news, there's another interesting item. According to a Teamsters' press release, Teamsters Joint Council 7 "notified Uber of their intent to organize California drivers" yesterday - the day before Uber announced its intent to create a...
As Gloria reported earlier today, Uber and drivers represented by Shannon Liss-Riordan have settled both the O'Connor suit in California and a similar claim in Massachusetts. The actions concern Uber's classification of drivers as independent contractors instead...
Bloomberg reports that as the June trial date approaches for O'Connor v. Uber, the major California federal class action challenging Uber's classification of drivers as independent contractors, both Uber and the drivers are pursing potentially-drastic changes to...