Tag: uber

Arbitration, Discovery, Appealability: Court Of Appeal Reverses Superior Court’s Discovery Order Granting Uber’s Petition To Vacate Arbitration Panel’s Discovery Decision

October 1, 2018 · Arbitration: Appealability, Arbitration: Discovery

This Is Part Of The Ongoing Google – Uber Litigation/Arbitration Over Alleged Misappropriation By Uber Of Google Self-Driving Car Technology. Google initiated arbitration proceedings against two former employees involved in developing self-driving car technology after the employees formed their own company (Otto) and their new company was acquired by Uber. A discovery dispute […]

Arbitration, Class Action: 9th Circuit Reverses District Court In Ongoing Litigation Brought By Uber Drivers

September 25, 2018 · Arbitration: Class

Consolidated Appeals Brought By Uber Overturn Pro-Driver Rulings Of District Court. O'Connor v. Uber, No. 16-5595, and related appeals (9th Cir. 9/25/18) (Clifton, Tallman, Ikuta) reverses the district court's denial of Uber's motions to compel arbitration, based on Mohamed v. Uber Technologies, Inc., 848 F. 3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2016). Mohamed, which we blogged […]

Delegation, PAGA: Ninth Circuit Amends Uber Drivers Opinion So As Not To Foreclose Argument That Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements Violate National Labor Relations Act

December 21, 2016 · Arbitration: Waiver

Material Amendment To A Footnote? On September 11, 2016, we posted about the Uber Drivers cases, Mohamed v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., and Gillette v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Nos. 15-16178 and 15-16181 (9th Cir. 9/7/16). The 9th Circuit opinion penned by Judge Clifton held that the issue of arbitrability was effectively delegated […]

Arbitration, Delegation, PAGA: In Two Lawsuits Brought By Uber Drivers, Ninth Circuit Holds Issue Of Arbitrability Was Delegated To The Arbitrator, But PAGA Claims Go To District Court In One Of The Lawsuits

September 11, 2016 · Arbitration: Delegation, Arbitration: PAGA

How Will This Ultimately Play Out? In Mohamed v. Uber Technologies and Gillette v. Uber Technologies, Nos. 15-16178 and 16181 (9th Cir. 9/7/16), cases in which district court judge Edward M. Chen found arbitration clauses between Uber and its drivers to be unenforceable, the 9th Circuit panel has affirmed in part and reversed in […]