Litigation & Arbitration
Jan. 9, 2024
Uber’s email retention policy may stand, magistrate judge says
Last month, several plaintiffs’ attorneys informed U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer that Uber refused to provide them with information about its litigation holds.
A federal jurist overseeing multidistrict sexual assault litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. said in a hearing Monday that she was not inclined to suspend the ride-share company’s email retention policy, explaining that the move may be unnecessary to evaluate the claims.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros in San Francisco heard the plaintiffs’ motion to compel Uber to stay discovery and follow a pretrial order requiring the defen...