Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment
Sep. 13, 2018
Uber accused of misclassification by competitor in novel legal move
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Uber has been sued for misclassifying its workers as contractors by an unlikely plaintiff: a competitor company.
Michael A. Geibelson of Robins Kaplan LLP
A federal lawsuit has been filed accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of misclassifying workers, but by an unlikely plaintiff under a novel legal theory; a limousine company says that the hired car giant uses a predatory and illegal pricing model to purposefully undercut and kill competing companies.
Diva Limousine Ltd. filed the suit on behalf of itself and those similarly situated on Monday in the Northern District of California, and it...
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