California may have just passed a death sentence on the gig economy.
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Uber, Lyft Prepared to Spend $90 Million Against Bill That Would Give Benefits to Drivers
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are prepared to spend a collective $90 million against a bill that would recognize their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
Read MoreUber Driver Convicted of Raping Woman While She Was Unconscious Faces Deportation
A 27-year-old Uber driver was convicted Thursday of raping an intoxicated woman, and will likely be deported back to his home country of Egypt.
Read MoreNew York City Just Sent Its Transportation Industry Back to the 1930s
by Jason Snead At 5 o’clock on Aug. 14, New York City turned its clocks back to the 1930s. The Taxi and Limousine Commission officially stopped issuing licenses to most for-hire vehicles, effectively declaring war on Uber and Lyft in an effort to protect taxis from competition. This is the…
Read MoreBeacon Center Releases Alternative Transit Plan For Nashville With No Tax Increases
Conservative think tank Beacon Center of Tennessee has created a transit plan for Nashville that it says would serve all drivers in the near future while not raising taxes or requiring a referendum. The plan is available here. “Proponents of the Let’s Move Nashville light-rail plan argued that an alternative…
Read MoreUber Concedes Data Breach Affecting 57 Million Ride Share Users
Uber endured a data breach that allowed hackers to steal the personal information of more than 57 million users, the ride share company’s chief executive acknowledged Tuesday. Hackers accessed a third-party server used by Uber in late 2016 and gleaned the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers of 57…
Read MoreNFL Player Michael Oher, Inspiration for ‘The Blind Side’ Movie, Faces Assault Charges in Nashville After Uber Incident
According to WKRN in Nashville, Panthers offensive tackle Michael Oher was cited for assault for an April 14 incident with an Uber driver. From the report: According to a report, the Uber driver said he picked up Oher and four friends at a house to go to the Southern in…
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