Uber makes headway in fending off drivers' class action suit

London

UBER Technologies Inc partially won a ruling that could potentially put a hold on the outcome of a lawsuit against the ride service, placed by California drivers over their employment status.

US District Judge Edward Chen granted a "conditional stay of entry of final judgment" to his Dec 9 ruling and said he would not issue a final ruling, in case his decision to include over 100,000 drivers to the class action has not been resolved on appeal. In his ruling on Dec 9, the judge stated that many more Uber drivers in California can participate in a class action against the ride service over their employment status, even if they did not opt out of an arbitration clause in their contracts.