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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jul. 24, 2017

In misclassification feud, Uber moves to sanction drivers’ lawyer

The lawyer for a class of more than 240,000 current and former Uber drivers in California defied a judge’s protective order and also deceived the drivers about their claims’ status, according to a motion for sanctions Uber filed Thursday.

In misclassification feud, Uber moves to sanction drivers’ lawyer

The lawyer for a class of more than 240,000 current and former Uber drivers in California allegedly defied a judge’s protective order and also deceived the drivers about their claims’ status, according to a motion for sanctions that Uber filed.

The Thursday filing erupts again what had been a dormant case alleging that Uber Technologies Inc. misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, depriving them of ti...

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