3rd Circuit Vacates Arbitration Order In Drivers’ Suit Against Uber

Mealey's (September 12, 2019, 11:49 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 11 vacated a trial court’s arbitration order in a misclassification putative class complaint by rideshare drivers, finding that the residual clause of Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) may extend to drivers transporting passengers and not just goods (Jaswinder Singh, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., No. 17-1397, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27412)....