A lawsuit against three local cities over fines issued by automated traffic cameras has been dismissed, but the legal fight is not over yet. Multiple people who were fined for traffic violations documented by red light and speed detection cameras in Dayton, Trotwood and West Carrollton sued the jurisdictions, claiming the civil penalties and administrative procedures used to dispute them …
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Jose which attempted to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of reducing PCB contamination in the San Francisco Bay. The suit against Monsanto, an agricultural biotech company based in St. Louis, sought to recover the cost of cleaning up PCBs, synthetic organic chemicals whose full …
Uber is now offering drivers in select cities free financial planning through a partnership with a robo-advisor called Betterment. This announcement is coming on the heels of two huge headlines in Uber-land: the imminent rollout of the ride-hail startup’s first self-driving car, and a federal judge’s rejection of a proposed $100 million settlement with drivers in California in a worker …
It was August 2014 when a day of rain caused the worst flooding our area has ever seen. Now almost two years later, flood victims are suing their cities and some lawmakers are trying to stop lawsuits like these from taking place. ROYAL OAK, Mich. …
The ride sharing service Uber has been quietly testing an emergency hotline for passengers. Uber has faced safety concerns lately, after an Uber driver was charged with killing six individuals and injured two more during a shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Mich. this February. The driver picked up Uber passengers for rides in between the shootings.
Consult the fine print on Uber’s new earnings guarantees for drivers in more than 100 US and Canadian cities where the ride-hailing service cut fares this month, and you’ll notice an interesting pattern. The data above is from SherpaShare, a research and analytics platform for on-demand workers. In each of the 11 cities SherpaShare has details on, the guarantees vary by time and day of the …