In a lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court, the taxi drivers said they spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy exclusive certificates needed to offer rides in the city. The drivers said lawmakers undermine their investment when they opened the door to ride-hailing services in legislation two years ago. The Superior Court dismissed the claim.
A lawsuit filed by Ottawa’s taxi union exactly one year after council approved a new vehicle-for-hire bylaw accuses the city of “slanting the playing field against taxicab drivers.” “The city demonstrated a closed mind and an unwillingness to properly notify, consult and consider in an even-handed, good-faith manner, the direct consequences, and in particular, the commercial effect of its …
The taxi industry’s legal challenge over Miami-Dade’s Uber law hit a roadblock this week after a judge declared the year-old county law a reasonable attempt to regulate the taxicabs’ new competitors. “Taxicabs have not, for now, become obsolete,” U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles wrote in an opinion released Monday. “As with all services and industries, markets ebb and flow, and change requires …
Taxi drivers have won permission to take their fight against Uber to court. A judge has authorized a $300 million class-action lawsuit against the phone-based ride-hailing service. Lawyer Carl-Olivier Rouleau said taxi drivers operating under government regulation have lost money as a direct result of Uber’s actions.
Lawsuits targeting Chicago taxi companies for adding a 50-cent surcharge to nearly 410,000 credit card payments over three-plus months this spring have been garaged, according to a settlement agreement filed Sept. 9 in Cook County Circuit Court. On Feb. 22, Chicago resident James Freeman-Hargis filed a class action complaint against Taxi Affiliation Services, a Chicago-based company affiliated …
The taxi industry has filed an uncertified class-action lawsuit for $215 million against the City of Ottawa over the new rules that will allow ride-hailing companies like Uber to operate next month. The largest lawsuit ever filed against the city, the statement of claim alleges that the city did not take “reasonable steps to maintain the integrity” of the taxi regulations in a way that would …
A federal judge ruled in favor of the city of Portland on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by a white, American-born taxicab driver who claimed he was a victim of discrimination for being denied one of 43 permits to work as part of the Portland International Jetport’s taxi pool. The driver, Paul McDonough of South Portland, claimed in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland in 2015 …
Uber – which at its latest valuation of $62.5bn is the world’s most valuable private startup – has paid huge sums of money in legal settlements across the world since the taxi-hailing company was founded in 2009. As the increasingly powerful ride-sharing startup continues its rapid growth, we’re tracking the diverse court battles forcing Uber and its investors to pay out. Its strategy of …
Taxi drivers and owners from across Quebec are planning to file an injunction to ban Uber in the province. Members of the Regroupement des travailleurs autonomes Métallos, which represents 4,000 taxi drivers and owners, met for their general assembly in Montreal on Sunday. They discussed an action plan for fighting against the rise and what they say is unfair competition from the popular ride- …
Quebec’s taxi industry is stepping up its fight against ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., unveiling plans to file a court injunction this week seeking to shut down the service in the province. The move by the union representing 4,000 Quebec drivers and taxi owners comes on top of a class-action lawsuit application against Uber, and warnings that more protests by the taxi industry …