Uber Drivers’ Counsel In Safe Rides Fee Changes Suit Awarded Nearly $1.3M

Mealey's (June 5, 2019, 1:19 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on May 31 ordered Uber Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries to pay more than $1.2 million in attorney fees to counsel for a class of drivers who successfully sued alleging changes to fares by including a “Safe Rides Fee” breached the drivers’ contracts (Chuck Congdon, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 16-2499, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91604)....