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Labor/Employment

Sep. 9, 2016

In major Uber victory, panel validates company's arbitration agreements

The class size in a lawsuit over Uber Technologies Inc.'s drivers' employment status could shrink 94 percent due to a game-changing, pro-Uber decision Wednesday that validated the company's arbitration contracts.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The class size in a lawsuit over Uber Technologies Inc.'s drivers' employment status could shrink 94 percent due to a game-changing, pro-Uber decision Wednesday that validated the company's arbitration contracts.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed an order by U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen that Uber's contract for drivers to individually arbitrate any workplace dispute cou...

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