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Uber is being sued by its own drivers! A lawsuit was filed in federal court on Friday, June 24th. It's impact could redefine ride-sharing in Wisconsin.
It's an ongoing argument: are Uber drivers independent contractors or employees? The new lawsuit could shake up how the company treats the drivers who use the app.
It has become a popular way to get around town in cities around the world.
It also seems everywhere the ride-sharing company Uber does business, controversy follows...

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled last Thursday the “implied certification” theory of liability be upheld under the False Claims Act (FCA). The theory holds that all government reimbursement claims include an implicit guarantee that contractors have complied with all applicable contract provisions, laws and regulations.
The case in question was Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar. The basis of the case was that Arbour Health Services...

Uber Technologies Inc., fresh off a $100 million settlement with drivers in California and Massachusetts, now faces a nationwide class action that claims the on-demand ride-sharing company illegally classified drivers as independent contractors and denied them overtime wages and tips (Trosper v. Uber Techs. Inc., N.D. Ill., No. 1:16-cv-04842, complaint filed 5/1/16).
The lawsuit, filed in Illinois, listed the company and Uber's chief executive, Travis Kalanick, as defendants and included...

In the wake of Uber’s $100 million settlement with drivers in California and Massachusetts, drivers in Illinois and Florida have fied their own claims that the car-service provider violates federal wage laws by misclassifying them as independent contractors.
Trosper et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc. et al., No. 16- cv-4842, complaint fied (N.D. Ill., Chicago Div. May 1, 2016).
Lamour v. Uber Technologies Inc., No. 16-cv- 21449, complaint fied (S.D. Fla., Miami Div. Apr. 22,...

Texas bankruptcy court’s ruling Tuesday that found billionaire Sam Wyly and his late brother intentionally skirted taxes through a network of complex offhore accounts serves as a cautionary tale for those seeking to use professional advice as a shield for tax evasion penalties.
In a more than 400page ruling, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Barbara J. Houser rejected the Wyly brothers’ defense that they could hide behind the advice of tax lawyers and other professionals to funnel...

Only days after Uber settled employee/independent contractor misclassification class actions in California and Massachusetts last month, Uber drivers commenced a national collective action in Illinois seeking Fair Labor Standards Acts rulings that they are employees and entitled to damages because the company is improperly depriving them of tips.
The Uber class-action suit was significant from both a legal and a business perspective because many companies currently use independent...

UBER national lawsuit? After settling the Uber driver lawsuits in California and Massachusetts, the company is up against its greatest legal challenge yet – a high profile activist driver with a billion dollar lawyer known for holding mega corporations accountable.
UBER is arguably the gig economy's biggest financial success. In mid-2015, it was valued at $50 billion. By January 2016, the last round of investments reportedly brought it up to $62.5 billion. The transportation giant...

The Detroit teachers’ sickout has shut down almost all of Detroit’s public schools. As the New York Times explains, this is not the first major sickout of the year, but it is the “first sanctioned and organized by their union, the 2,600-member Detroit Federation of Teachers,” signaling the rising severity of the crisis in Detroit Public Schools.
Politico reports that two new misclassification suits have been filed against Uber: one in Florida and one in Illinois. ...

In the wake of ride-sharing company Uber’s settlement of class action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts over the company’s classification of drivers as contractors, rather than employees, another class action has been brought in Chicago federal court demanding Uber’s drivers be treated as employees, with the associated rights and benefits, under federal labor laws.
The action is one of two such class actions pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...

Just as Uber settled a pair of class action suits with its drivers in Massachusetts and California, here comes another one. This time the suit is aiming to collect all U.S. Uber drivers who aren’t in one of those two states and challenge the contract driver aspect of the company’s business strategy.
Law suits have been springing up for a number of years now, though many have been filed by taxi business owners to try and sideline a dangerous competitor. Nothing has come of...