SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A class action lawsuit alleges a popular riding service performed background checks that weren’t as extensive as advertised. Matthew Philliben and Byron McKnight filed ...

A major ridesharing service that saw its name co-opted as part of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s new legislation to push ...

Uber is tightening background checks for its drivers. In a blog post, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber will run background checks on drivers each year. The company previously didn't have a uniformed ...

A master complaint has been filed in the Uber Passenger Sexual Assault Multi-District Litigation case against Uber Technologies, and it alleges that the rideshare company's policies don't do enough to ...

On Tuesday, the Palm Beach County commission decided to backtrack on regulating Uber, and even decided to deregulated the taxi cab industry from Level-2 background checks. Cab drivers in Palm Beach ...

Uber has agreed to pay out more than $28 million to settle a lawsuit over its driver background checks. The class action suit challenged Uber's claims that its checks are "industry leading". That ...

Uber and Lyft have recently made good on threats to vacate cities that impose fingerprint checks, such as Austin, Texas, leaving drivers without jobs and riders without an alternative to taxis.

DETROIT (AP) — Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that constantly monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping riders ...

Uber, which has been accused of having insufficient background checks, announced on its blog Wednesday that all new drivers in the U.S. will now be required to undergo county and federal checks.