Uber Deal Giving Drivers $1 Each Fails to Win Over Judge
- Los Angeles judge issues tentative ruling rejecting settlement
- Company is fighting multiple suits challenging business model
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Uber Technologies Inc. failed to persuade a judge to approve a settlement offering 1.6 million California drivers an average of $1.08 each to dispense with alleged labor-code violations that their lawyer earlier claimed might have been worth billions of dollars.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson issued a tentative ruling rejecting a deal aimed at resolving one of the dozen-plus U.S. lawsuits challenging the company’s contractor-based business model.