Uber Driver Seeks Rehearing After 3rd Circuit Rules He Is Not Interstate Driver

Mealey's (May 30, 2023, 12:36 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A rideshare driver who filed a putative class complaint accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of misclassification filed a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc after the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, addressing two similar complaints, that the drivers primarily provide local transportation and “are not ‘engaged in foreign or interstate commerce for the purposes of’” Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)....