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Is Uber Safer Than Taxis?

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Uber and its fellow ridesharing services are immensely popular throughout the country. Customers enjoy knowing that they can quickly get a ride no matter where they are and for rates that are typically more affordable than...more

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Riding the Wave: Municipalities’ Role in Supporting Taxi Drivers

This post continues our ongoing series on issues facing municipalities in 2020. Should municipalities be on the hook for the plummeting value of taxi medallions in today’s era of ride sharing? Over the years, the MuniBlog...more

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Automotive Industry 2020 Hot Topic: Automation

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As our recent post on the OESA’s 2019 Industry Outlook Panel highlighted, automation is currently a topic of heavy discussion in the auto industry. Although the auto industry has heavily relied on automation for years, it has...more

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A Case Of History Repeating Itself: State Taxation Of Transportation Related Companies

During the Great Depression, the taxi industry boomed in the United States. This growth was fueled, in part, by the fact that the industry was largely unregulated. With many unemployed and underemployed individuals in need of...more

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New York City Enacts Mandatory Minimum Wage for App-Hail Drivers

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On December 4, 2018, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) adopted rules mandating a minimum wage for app-hailed drivers....more

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Court Says Uber Makes Things Difficult But Not “Impossible” for NYC Taxis

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The plight of the cabbie was on display in a recent decision from the Honorable O. Peter Sherwood of the Manhattan Commercial Division in a case called Capital One Equip. v Deus, in which the cabbie-defendants, after...more

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New York City Considering Mandatory Minimum Wage for App-Hail Drivers

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The introduction of ride-hailing apps has upended the taxi and for-hire car industry in New York City. What began with a promise of independence and wealth for drivers has actually pushed more into dire financial straits, as...more

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Automated Electric Taxis Deliver Environmental Benefits through Energy Efficiency

Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) researchers recently studied and built data from more than 10 million taxi trips, and developed a...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New Laws Part II: 2018 Ushers in Changes to Land-Use, Development Laws

As we noted in Part I of this two-part series, lawmakers passed a wave of new laws in 2017. Today we look at the bold moves California legislators made to address the State’s affordable housing crisis, while passing a...more

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The Federal Antitrust and Labor Law Double Bind: The Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Challenge to Seattle’s Ordinance...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, February 5, 2018, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit challenging the City of Seattle’s ordinance allowing independent-contractor drivers to engage in collective bargaining was before the U.S....more

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Upon Reflection, Some Trade Secrets May Be Less Secret Than They Appear

A recent case in Florida is a reminder that when dealing with government entities, trade secrets may be disclosed to the public, especially if that information has been aggregated. ...more

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