Law 360: Uber Case
- Posted on:
Law 360: Phil Hines, Partner at Held & Hines, LLP is quoted Re: Uber Case Click on the article to read more!
Law 360: Phil Hines, Partner at Held & Hines, LLP is quoted Re: Uber Case Click on the article to read more!
Thursday, January 11, 2018 Uber Agrees to Settle Class Action, Denies Taking Comp Premiums From Drivers By J. Todd Foster Uber agreed to pay more than 2,000 New York drivers $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges the ride-share company illegally took a 2.5% workers’ compensation premium surcharge from drivers instead of passengers. Under the preliminary settlement, agreed to Monday but not yet signed by U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in Brooklyn, $1 million of the settlement would […]
“The $3M settlement provides long overdue compensation to the approximately 2,400 New York drivers that opted out of the arbitration provision in the Uber driver agreement,” said Philip Hines of Held & Hines LLP, the law firm representing the drivers. “The overwhelming majority of New York drivers were not able to successfully opt out of arbitration and so we are pursuing these same claims on behalf of these clients at arbitration proceedings.”
NY Post: Reports Held & Hines’ LLP Class-Action Settlement Against Uber Click on the article to read more.
Fox Business: Reports Held & Hines’ Class-Action Settlement with Uber Click on the article to read more!
CNBC: Held & Hines Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with Uber Reported Click on the article to read more!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/uber-settles-with-ny-drivers-for-dollar3-million/vp-BBIaX2I
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3321985-uber-settles-ny-driver-lawsuit-competitor-misses-december-ride-goal
Reuters: Held & Hines LLP’s $3 million settlement against Uber Reported Click on the article to read more!
Law 360: Held & Hines’ Multi-million Dollar Settlement against Uber is published Uber Agrees To Pay $3M To End Drivers’ Service Fees Suit By Braden Campbell Law360, New York (January 9, 2018, 2:30 PM EST) — Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to end a suit alleging it miscalculated the fees it deducted from fares earned by a proposed class of New York state drivers, according to a settlement notice filed Monday in New York federal court. Two […]