Tag: Uber
US: Judge orders Uber to hand over acquisition report of Levandowski...
Uber has lost two key battles in its trade-secret litigation with Waymo, Google's self-driving car spinoff.
First, a magistrate judge has ruled that Uber must...
Brazil: Uber rival 99 secures $100Mn from SoftBank
Brazil-based 99 has raised a whopping $100 million from SoftBank in funding, just a few months after raising the same amount from Didi Chuxing...
EU: Taxis launch alliance to compete with Uber
MEPs and stakeholders yesterday launched an organisation aiming to protect the rights of taxi drivers and improve competition against “social platforms” like US ride-hailing...
The Sharing Economy Meets the Sherman Act: Is Uber a Firm,...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The Sharing Economy Meets the Sherman Act: Is Uber a Firm, a Cartel, or Something in Between?
By Mark Anderson...
US: Supreme Court won’t hear Chicago ride-hailing case
The US Supreme Court on Monday dealt the struggling Chicago cab industry a final low, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The Court declined to take up...
Italy: Court caves to protests and bans Uber
When the Italian Parliament attempted to liberalize its licensing laws to allow greater competition for cabs, the taxi union responded by staging a week-long,...
Canada: Gov seeks to end Uber’s tax advantage over taxis
The new national budget unveiled Wednesday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government took aim at ride-sharing providers such as Uber Technologies, looking...
Kenya: Competition watchdog investigates Uber for predatory tactics
The Competition Authority of Kenya has begun investigations on whether the move by taxi hailing firm Uber to lower prices breached competition laws.
Of concern...
India: Uber denies charges of abuse of dominant position
On Wednesday Uber told the Supreme Court that a probe into allegations of abuse of its dominant market position cannot be ordered in the...
US: Uber targeted by 14 more Boston cab companies
Uber faces new foes, this time in Boston. Fourteen Boston area cab companies have filed a complaint against the ride share platform.
The complains allege...