SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Billions of Uber rides are taken and given every day and according to Uber’s own 2019-2020 U.S. Safety Report, 3,824 sexual assaults across five categories were reported on the company’s app. “These are predator…
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Uber Technologies Inc. has taken the extraordinary step of petitioning an appeals court to reverse coordination of what could be thousands of lawsuits from passengers alleging its drivers sexually assaulted them. In a Nov. 10 petition for a…
Nov 3 (Reuters) – A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday said he wants a speedy resolution to scores of consolidated cases accusing Uber Technologies Inc of failing to prevent sexual assaults against passengers or properly responding…
Some financial advisors did not get a lot of love from the White House bully pulpit on Tuesday when President Joe Biden rolled out the Department of Labor’s newly proposed fiduciary rule governing retirement accounts. The proposed rule…
Peiffer Wolf Partner Dan Centner and co-counsel Kara Samuels just obtained a Louisiana Supreme Court opinion that will make it easier for victims of medical malpractice and nursing home abuse to obtain justice for their injuries. Navigating the…
SAN FRANCISCO – A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against streaming service Mubi, claiming the company violates a federal privacy law by reporting what users view on the Mubi streaming platform to Facebook, TikTok and others,…
Over the last decade, researchers have warned about the potential dangers of chemical hair straighteners, which have been linked with an increased risk of cancer, particularly among Black women. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is planning to…
Peiffer Wolf’s Partner Brandon Wise secured a $16M VPPA (Video Privacy Protection Act) Settlement for Crunchyroll users. Crunchyroll, owned by Sony, allegedly shared personal information with third parties, including Meta. However, under VPPA, established in 1988, online video…
People who were sexually assaulted during Uber rides are banding together in a joint federal lawsuit against the app-taxi giant — and pressuring the company to address the structural reasons why its service has become a “magnet for…
Hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Uber claiming the company hasn’t done enough to prevent instances of sexual assault by drivers. Now a panel of judges has ruled that more than 80 cases can be consolidated into…