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Arbitration 101: Uber and (a Failed) Equitable Estoppel Argument

By Henry Allen Blair on December 5, 2019
Posted in Arbitration Rules/Procedures

Seems like I’m picking on the gig economy these days.  I really don’t mean to be.  But a former research assistant of mine brought an important, hot-off-the-presses decision to my attention, O’Hanlon v. Uber Techs., Inc., No. 2:19-cv-00675, 2019 BL 434840 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 12, 2019).

The case presents a couple of important Arbitration…

New Prime’s Early Legacy: Uber Drivers May be Able to Avoid Arbitration

By Henry Allen Blair on September 28, 2019
Posted in Validity of Arbitration Agreement

The Third Circuit welcomed us to the fall arbitration season with an important decision for the gig economy, Singh v. Uber Techs. Inc., 2019 WL 4282185 (3d Cir. Sept. 11, 2019).  Relying on the key logic of SCOTUS’s January ruling in New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, the Third Circuit concluded that Uber drivers…

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