Donald Trump will testify after the presidential election on a class-action lawsuit that accuses the billionaire businessman and his now-defunct Trump University of defrauding people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars, his attorney said Friday. A federal judge in San Diego set a Nov. 28 trial, raising the possibility that Trump could take the stand as a president-elect if …
Gilroy teacher Douglas Le, 25, of San Jose, was arrested April 26, 2016 by San Jose Police on suspicion of utilizing the internet to solicit harmful matter from minors. Le was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail and faces two felony counts of child enticement …
Total Renal Care is the target of a proposed class action Complaint filed by five of their California employees who allege various California Labor Code violations San Francisco, California. The San Francisco employment law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug and Bhowmik filed a proposed class action Complaint against Total Renal care, Inc. (“Renal”) for allegedly failing to …
Uber will pay the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles up to $25 million as part of a lawsuit that accused the startup of misrepresenting its background checks. In 2014, district attorneys brought the suit against Uber for not vetting its drivers thoroughly while claiming its background checks were the “gold standard” in the industry. The cities said Uber’s system was actually not as …
Uber is on the hook for $10 million after settling a California lawsuit over its misleading statements regarding driver background checks. In 2014, the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco sued the ride-hailing company for claiming its background checks were the most thorough in the industry. In fact, Uber failed to take drivers’ fingerprints like many taxi companies do.
It’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the bankruptcy filing of Yellow Cab of San Francisco — located in the hometown of both Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. — is due to the fierce competition from the heavily financed ride-hailing app companies. But the reality is a bit more nuanced. Ultimately, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Yellow Cab of San Francisco on Friday is actually a …
SAN FRANCISCO Ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in California by giving drivers additional workplace protections but without classifying them as employees, removing a major threat to its business model. The settlement agreement, filed late on Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, provides for Lyft to pay $12.25 million, as well as give drivers …