Transportation
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The executive in charge of U.S. sales for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV says the company cut off most of his compensation after he cooperated with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe of FCA’s sales figures, according to a suit removed on Wednesday to Michigan federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge on Thursday greenlit a $20 million deal resolving claims Uber Technologies Inc. misclassified thousands of drivers as independent contractors, after seeking additional information about a number of aspects of the agreement… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Lyft Inc. is looking to kill a patent suit by a retired professor who says he invented the concept underlying the ride-hailing business, telling a California federal court Monday that his patent only describes an abstract idea for running a taxi dispatch service using computers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A defunct ride-hailing startup accusing Uber of having driven it out of business asked a California federal court on Friday to let it keep Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as counsel, saying the firm’s previous work counseling Uber in cases related to taxi regulations has nothing to do with the current antitrust case…
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Monday criticized a U.S. Department of Transportation plan to cut nearly $1 billion in federal funding for a major infrastructure project in the state, calling the move “legally indefensible” and economically harmful… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 