Bloomberg Law
Aug. 18, 2016, 9:50 PM UTC

Uber’s $100 Million Driver Pay Settlement Is Rejected by Judge

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By Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg News

Uber Technologies Inc. may come out ahead by failing to win court approval of a $100 million settlement with drivers.

Even before a San Francisco federal judge rejected the deal on Thursday, the drivers’ lawyer said the ride-hailing giant may have the upper hand to walk away from further negotiations because an appeals court hinted that it might overrule a key pretrial ruling in the fight over whether drivers must be treated as employees.

If the three-year-old lawsuit collapses, the world’s most valuable technology startup would escape without any significant changes to its business model ...

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