Uber To Settle Safe Rides Fee Class Claims For $32.5M

Mealey's (August 17, 2017, 10:48 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 7 granted preliminary approval of an amended class settlement in a suit against Uber Technologies Inc. and Raiser LLC (collectively Uber) over the company’s alleged misrepresentations and omissions regarding its “Safe Rides Fee” and the safety measures it takes under which Uber will provide a $32.5 million nonreversionary settlement fund (Byron McKnight, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 14-5615, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124534)....