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Slain Uber driver’s family sues company for wrongful death

October 22, 2020 Comments Off on Slain Uber driver’s family sues company for wrongful death

The three young children of an Uber driver allegedly killed by a passenger in Oxon Hill filed suit against the ride-share company in federal court this week, saying their father would still be alive if the firm conducted criminal background ...

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Md. to receive $4.5M from $148M Uber settlement over data breach

September 26, 2018 Comments Off on Md. to receive $4.5M from $148M Uber settlement over data breach

The Uber app on an iPad in Baltimore in March. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company’s attempt to compel arbitration in a class-action lawsuit alleging users were charged fictitious fees, finding its display of a notice deemed acquiescence to a contract and a hyperlink to the terms was not enough notice. (Patrick Semansky/AP file photo)

Uber will pay $148 million and tighten data security after the ride-hailing company failed for a year to notify drivers that hackers had stolen their personal information, according to a settlement announced Wednesday.

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1st Circuit: Class-action against Uber not arbitrable

July 15, 2018 Comments Off on 1st Circuit: Class-action against Uber not arbitrable

A putative class-action accusing the ride-share service Uber of imposing fictitious fees was not subject to arbitration, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

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Feds: Uber self-driving SUV saw pedestrian, did not brake

May 24, 2018 Comments Off on Feds: Uber self-driving SUV saw pedestrian, did not brake

This file image made from video March 18, 2018, of a mounted camera provided by the Tempe Police Department shows an interior view moments before an Uber SUV hit a woman in Tempe, Ariz. In a preliminary report on the crash released Thursday, May 24, federal investigators said the autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but didn’t stop automatically because emergency braking was disabled. (Tempe Police Department via AP, File)

The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but did not stop because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous situations had been disabled, according to federal investigators.

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Uber agrees to allow sexual assault victims to sue

May 15, 2018 Comments Off on Uber agrees to allow sexual assault victims to sue

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2014, file photo a man leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber and Volvo announced, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2016, a $300 million deal for Volvo to provide SUVs to Uber for autonomous vehicle research. Eventually the Volvo SUVs will be part of the self-driving fleet in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Uber said it will let sexual assault and harassment victims sue the company in court and plans to release data on sexual violence and other dangerous incidents that occur on its ride-hailing service. Previously, Uber’s terms of service barred sexual ...

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Uber self-driving vehicle hits, kills woman walking in Arizona

March 19, 2018 Comments Off on Uber self-driving vehicle hits, kills woman walking in Arizona

An Uber sign is displayed on a driver's car parked near the San Francisco International Airport parking area in San Francisco in 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck and killed a pedestrian.

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Studies are increasingly clear: Uber, Lyft congest cities

February 26, 2018 Comments Off on Studies are increasingly clear: Uber, Lyft congest cities

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, traffic makes it's way across 42nd Street in New York City. One promise of ride-hailing companies was a drop in the number of cars in urban areas and an easing of clogged city streets. But a survey by an urban planning group suggests the opposite: That ride-hailing companies may be pulling riders off buses, subways and bicycles and putting them in cars. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Studies suggest that ride-hailing companies are pulling riders off buses, subways, bicycles and their own feet and putting them in cars instead.

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Woman killed in Charlottesville clashes was a paralegal

August 14, 2017 Comments Off on Woman killed in Charlottesville clashes was a paralegal

Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, holds a photo of Bro's mother and her daughter, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. Heyer was killed Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, when police say a man plowed his car into a group of demonstrators protesting the white nationalist rally. Bro said that she is going to bare her soul to fight for the cause that her daughter died for. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)

Welcome to Monday. Here are some news items to start your week. Heather D. Heyer, 32, who was killed while protesting white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, was a paralegal in the bankruptcy division at the Miller Law Group. ...

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General Motors’ Maven Gig expanding to Baltimore, other US cities

August 10, 2017 Comments Off on General Motors’ Maven Gig expanding to Baltimore, other US cities

DETROIT — Maven Gig is going nationwide. The General Motors Co. service lets drivers rent cars by the week and use them for ride-hailing and other services. Maven Gig began this spring in San Diego and San Francisco. It will ...

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Keeping CEO job was 1 fight too many for Uber’s Kalanick

June 21, 2017 Comments Off on Keeping CEO job was 1 fight too many for Uber’s Kalanick

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kalanick resigned under pressure from investors at a pivotal time for Uber. Uber's board confirmed the move early Wednesday, June 21, saying in a statement that Kalanick is taking time to heal from the death of his mother in a boating accident "while giving the company room to fully embrace this new chapter in Uber's history." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Travis Kalanick’s combative personality created the culture that let Uber grow from startup to behemoth in just eight years. But under his direction the ride-hailing company had trouble growing up, leading to his downfall. Kalanick, 40, stepped down late Tuesday, ...

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