Civil Procedure
Sep. 4, 2026
Uber must face questions over timing of expanded driver background checks
Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that plaintiffs in the passenger sexual assault MDL can question Uber witnesses about whether its new 99-year background checks could have been implemented earlier.
Plaintiffs accusing Uber of liability for sexual assaults by its drivers can question company witnesses about whether the rideshare giant could have implemented its newly expanded background checks years earlier, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer upheld U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros' decision allowing discovery into the feasibility of Uber's new screening policy, which examines 99 years of a driver's history compared...
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