$32.5M Uber Safe Rides Fee Class Settlement Granted Final Approval

Mealey's (August 14, 2019, 1:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Aug. 12 granted final approval of a $32.5 million settlement to be paid by Uber Technologies and Rasier LLC (collectively, Uber) to end a class complaint by riders over the ride share company’s “Safe Rides Fee” but declined to award the requested attorney fees, finding that an amended motion must be filed because the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) principles for coupon settlements apply (Byron McKnight, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 14-5615, N.D. Calif.)....