…Since its founding in 2014, Checkr has become a darling of gig-economy giants like Uber and Lyft thanks to the speed of its services. In a press release last April announcing a $100 million influx of cash from investors, the company boasted that it processes more than 1 million background checks each month for more …
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How Uber, Postmates, DoorDash and the gig economy are disrupting the legal industry
Uber, Grubhub, Amazon Prime Now—these are just a few companies that might come to mind when you think of the gig economy. But this developing industry of independent workers is much more than ride-share and food-delivery services. During a panel at ABA Techshow 2019on Friday, Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Priori Legal, and Emily M. Wajert, an …
DoorDash Accused Of Withholding Delivery Driver Tips
A new class action suit says DoorDash Inc. breached its employment contract with its delivery drivers by withholding a portion of their tips. The app-based food delivery service recruits prospective drivers with advertisements promising drivers they will take home “base pay + 100% tips,” Jamie Webb alleges in her complaint, filed Feb. 8 in the …
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Instacart faces class-action lawsuit regarding wages and tips
Instacart is facing another class-action lawsuit pertaining to the way it pays its independent contractors, NBC News reports. Instacart guarantees its workers at least $10 per job, but workers are alleging Instacart offsets wages with tips from customers. The suit alleges Instacart “intentionally and maliciously misappropriated gratuities in order to pay plaintiff’s wages even though Instacart …
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Grubhub Not Buying Phila. Restaurant’s Proposed Class Action Lawsuit
Online ordering service Grubhub is pushing back on a proposed nationwide class action spearheaded by a Philadelphia restaurant chain that claims the popular digital service is collecting undeserved commissions. Last month, Tiffin Indian Cuisine restaurants filed a proposed class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, contending that Grubhub was …
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Next Shot Fired: We’ve Read Grubhub’s 71-Page Appellate Response Brief So You Don’t Have To
The next shot has been fired in the long-running misclassification dispute between plaintiff Raef Lawson and gig economy giant Grubhub, as the company filed its Answering Brief with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late last night. As regular readers of this blog know, Lawson and Grubhub squared off in the nation’s first-ever gig economy misclassification …
Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules
A landmark 2014 ruling by the Supreme Court called into question the validity of many software patents. In the wake of that ruling, countless broad software patents became invalid, dealing a blow to litigation-happy patent trolls nationwide. But this week the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed new rules that would make it easier to patent software. If …
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Deliveroo and Uber Eats takeaway riders rent jobs to ‘illegal immigrants’
Delivery jobs for two gig economy giants are being traded to alleged illegal immigrants in a black market, a Sunday Times investigation has revealed. Workers at Deliveroo and Uber Eats who have passed vetting checks are offering up their jobs online. Whistleblowers claim that migrants who are in Britain illegally are renting these jobs without facing …
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UBER TO PAY $1.3 MILLION IN US MISCLASSIFICATION CASE; CANADIAN COURT FINDS ARBITRATION CLAUSE INVALID
Human cloud, ride-sharing firm Uber will pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit in federal court in North Carolina that it misclassified drivers as independent contractors. Separately, a court in Ontario invalidated an arbitration agreement between Uber and its drivers in another misclassification lawsuit. The class-action lawsuit in North Carolina includes all US drivers who …
Grubhub Hit With Huge Class-Action Suit by Philly Indian Chain Tiffin
You’re probably familiar with the Grubhub food delivery app. You pull it up, find the food you want, and Grubhub connects with a local restaurant to get it to you. Simple, right? Not always, says Philadelphia restaurateur Munish Narula, founder of the Tiffin chain of Indian restaurants, which now boasts 12 locations in the Philadelphia area. The …
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