Arbitration Ordered In Uber Drivers’ Class Suit Seeking Taxes, Surcharges

Mealey's (March 17, 2021, 7:25 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on March 8 granted a motion to compel arbitration in a putative class complaint filed by Uber drivers working out of New York who accuse the ride-share company of illegally deducting money it represented as sales taxes and surcharges and misrepresenting fares, finding that the drivers do not fall within the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for those “engaged in interstate commerce.”...