Arbitration Ordered In Lyft Driver’s Misclassification Class Complaint

Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 11:18 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on Dec. 19 granted a motion to compel arbitration in a rideshare driver’s class complaint alleging that he and other drivers were misclassified as independent contractors and improperly denied minimum wages and overtime, ruling that Lyft Inc.’s arbitration agreement meets the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ definition of a conspicuous and enforceable agreement in Cullinane v. Uber Techs., Inc. (Eric Wickberg, et al. v. Lyft, Inc., No. 18-12094, D. Mass., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213281)....