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Labor/Employment

Apr. 27, 2016

Lawyers with their own Uber cases object to misclassification settlement

A proposed lawsuit settlement between Uber Technologies Inc.and the company's California and Massachusetts drivers could face a roadblock.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A proposed lawsuit settlement between Uber Technologies Inc.and the company's California and Massachusetts drivers could face a roadblock from plaintiff lawyers who say the agreement's terms would end their own Uber litigation.

As of Monday afternoon, one objection had been lodged with U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen in the landmark employment misclassification case in which an up to $100 m...

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