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Rideshare Drivers Sue Uber Over Being Kicked off App in New Challenge to California Law

Rideshare Drivers Sue Uber Over Being Kicked off App in New Challenge to California Law

Published by Sam Flores

Uber has failed to create an appeals system to give drivers due process when they’re kicked off the app, violating the California law it carved out that declared app-based drivers independent contractors, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges. In 2020, voters approved Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that exempted Uber and other app platforms from labor law and allowed them to keep classifying their workers as contractors instead of employees. The measure included a promise that drivers would have an appeals process. Rideshare Drivers United, a drivers group that says it has about 20,000 members in California, said Monday that because Uber has violated Prop. 22 by not delivering on all its promises, it should not be allowed to continue to assert that its drivers are independent contractors. “Uber has not met the conditions to take advantage of Prop. 22,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, a Massachusetts-based lawyer who has challenged Uber and other gig companies for years and is representing the California group, told CalMatters. Many deactivated drivers report that they struggle to appeal their cases. They say …

Kiefer Sutherland arrested after LA rideshare altercation | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Kiefer Sutherland arrested after LA rideshare altercation | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Published by Sam Flores

Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested in Los Angeles after allegedly assaulting a rideshare driver in the early hours of Monday morning. The 24 star was taken into custody on suspicion of making criminal threats following an incident just south of the Hollywood Hills, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The LAPD said officers were called to reports of an assault shortly after midnight. Investigators allege the British-born Canadian actor entered a rideshare vehicle before physically attacking the driver and making threats towards them. Police confirmed the driver did not require medical treatment after the alleged attack.  Sutherland, 59, was arrested and later released from jail a few hours afterwards on a USD$50,000 (£37,192) bond, according to prison records cited by the Associated Press. His first court appearance is scheduled for February 2. Attempts by AP to contact Sutherland’s representatives for comment were unsuccessful. The actor has a history of alcohol-related offences. In 2007, he served time in jail after pleading no contest to a drink-driving charge. He was also convicted of …

Kiefer Sutherland arrested in LA following alleged rideshare altercation

Kiefer Sutherland arrested in LA following alleged rideshare altercation

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kiefer Sutherland was arrested in Hollywood early on Monday morning following an alleged altercation with a rideshare driver, as reported by NBC4 Investigates. The 24 actor was accused of assaulting the driver and making threats towards them after entering the car, as per the outlet, and was arrested on Monday under “suspicion of felony criminal threats”. The altercation allegedly occurred near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, and police confirmed that the victim did not sustain injuries that required immediate medical attention. Kiefer was taken into custody and shortly released after his $50,000 bail was paid. He is set to appear in an LA court on February 2. © WireImageKiefer was arrested in LA on Monday This is not the 59-year-old’s first brush with the law; he spent 48 days in jail in 2007 after being convicted of driving while under the influence. Two years later, he was charged with assault for allegedly head-butting fashion designer Jack McCollough at a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.   The charges were dropped after Kiefer …

Six new state laws from rideshare driver rights to screen time limits : NPR

Six new state laws from rideshare driver rights to screen time limits : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. A new law in Virginia is designed to limit social media use by kids under 16 to one hour a day. It faces a legal challenge. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Here at NPR, we like to ring in the new year by looking at new state laws taking effect on Jan. 1. This year, states are enacting a slew of laws focused on wages, social media rules, restrictions on gender-affirming care, AI regulation and much more. Here is a sampling of some of those changes, as reported by public media journalists across the country. California rideshare drivers can unionize Under a new law, California’s 800,000 rideshare drivers have the right to unionize starting on Jan. 1. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom brokered the deal between organized labor and major rideshare companies, including Uber and Lyft. The rideshare giants supported the expansion of …