$100 Million Uber Settlement Denied Preliminary Approval Again, Despite More Info

(August 22, 2016, 1:36 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 18 denied preliminary approval for a second time of a $100 million settlement between Uber Technologies Inc. and its drivers, who allege in two lawsuits that they have been misclassified as independent contractors, finding that, despite supplemental briefing, “the Settlement as a whole is not fair, adequate, and reasonable” (Douglas O’Connor, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 13-3826, Hakan Yucesoy, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 15-262, N.D. Calif.)....