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Uber is defending their position, stating that they screen potential Uber drivers in accordance with the rules that the state of California put in place, and that these rules were softened by legislators to allow for rehabilitation of ex-offenders.

On July 17, 2014, 43 years old black man named Eric Garner was selling loose cigarettes illegally on Staten Island. As the polices approach Erica to make their arrest, he raised both hands in the air and requested for both officers to not touch him. Meanwhile, the second officer came behind Eric and put him in a choke hold in order to restrain the 350 pounds man down to the ground. After he was restrained to the ground both officers roll him over onto his stomach. Within seconds after being roll over to his stomach Erica Garner repeatedly shouted to the police officer, "I can't breathe!", while he was laying on his stomach face down to the sidewalk pavement. Suddenly, the 350-pound black male died of compression of the neck from the officer's

Judge Paul Heath Till’s essay “Morals, Manners, Customs, and Public Perception” has a very unique structure that helps the effectiveness of the author’s argument. By stating the problem, how the problem began, why the problem is important, giving definitions, citing sources, explaining his personal beliefs, and even giving advice, the author makes the structure of his essay very different and effective.

Sylvia Burwell Secretary of Health and Human Services Petitioners vs Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation vs Secretary of Health and Human Services (U.S 2014)

The important facts regarding Ron D. Meyer versus Race City Classics, LLC are as follows: Mr. Meyer a lover of classic cars came across a 1970 Ford Mustang on the classic cars website being sold by Race City Classics, LLC, a North Carolina based company. Mr. Meyer initiated contact with Mr. Thomas D. Alphin, one of the owners in order to purchase this classic car. All transactional discussions were made by email or telephone. A price of $21,000 was agreed upon, in addition to the shared expense of having the vehicle shipped to Nebraska, which is Mr. Meyer’s state of residence. Mr. Meyer purchased this vehicle solely to enter it into car shows. Funds were wired to Race City Classics, LLC and the vehicle was delivered.

Plaintiff RICHARD LOPEZ (“LOPEZ”) hereby submits his opposition to Defendants’ CITY OF SAN DIEGO (“CSD”) Motion to Dismiss the Complaint under F.R.C.P 12(b)(6). However, Lopez’s Complaint not only meets but also exceeds the standards governing the form of a complaint under F.R.C.P 8(a) and sufficiently alleges breach of contract, promissory estoppel and damages. Accordingly, CSD’s motion should be denied.

The thesis of this article explains that despite surge pricing achieving the goal that it’s supposed to, (bring more drivers online and present available services to consumers who need them the most) most believe Uber is taking advantage of customers by using extreme multiplier prices. While the author states that this issue between price and product/service is giving Uber a relative degree of bad press, he also gives solutions as to how to fix this problem.

In recent year, Uber has been rocked by a stream of controversies and negative publicity from scandals regarding CEO to questionable practices, sexual harassment, and discrimination claims, a d hacked attack. For instance, in February 2017, Susan Fowler a former engineer in Uber went public with allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment. During the same year, the self-driving car company Waymo which is owned by Google filed a lawsuit against Uber. The company accused Uber of theft of its technology. They sued Anthony Levandowski for stealing a raft of self-driving car trade patents and secrets which include information on lidar. Even though uber later fired this engine this lawsuit could be a fatal setback for the company. Moreover,

There is a conflict in interest between Uber and the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission. Uber is a company, which enables people to book rides by using a smartphone app, where customers can pay by credit card directly. Recently, Uber was attacked by PTC. Since Uber does not meet the standards the agency requires of for-hire vehicles in the country which is related to public safety they insisted. PTC made an attempt to compromise with the ride-share companies by suggesting customers should charge at least $30 and order a ride at least a half-hour in advance. Customers who used Uber and were satisfied with this service sent emails to the office arguing against the suggestion.

The threat that the current legal scheme in the U.S. presents to Uber is a very serious one, indeed. Most of Uber’s legal “victories” to this point have been mere settlements, meaning that the cases never actually made it into the courtroom, thus these have hardly been actual victories at all. Failing to set a precedent may mean that Uber lives to fight another day, but it clearly also means that it is not protected from the onslaught of pending and prospective lawsuits it faces. From a legal perspective, there is a good chance that Uber may end up going down in history as an exceptional concept that could not survive the demands of its regulatory environment. For one thing, there is a stigma attached to settlements; a social perception that perhaps the decision to settle out of court is, in a way, an admission of wrongdoing. While this stigma represents a severely limited understanding of the law, it is nonetheless persistent and likely heightened when a company engages in a significant number of them, especially when

Uber started out as a ridesharing mobile application in 2009, a pioneer in the modern sharing economy. Today, Uber has expanded its services to include food delivery and are now operating in more than 450 cities (Elliott, 2015). However, Uber’s international growth is threatened by stiff competition from other ridesharing applications such as Gett, Lyft, and Grab, coupled with accusations of unethical business practices (Davis, 2015; Garrett, Bradford, Meyers & Becker, 1989) and bans from operating in certain countries. To make matters worse, Uber’s recent data breach cover-up scandal has shown consistency in their poor decision making.

The business model of Uber is to offer a convenient, cost-efficient, and safe customer value proposition. First, riders can use the app through their mobile devices and easily ask for a driver to pick them up at their exact locations. Second, apart from the value of convenience, Uber offers safety since riders could also track the car’s location while en route, which was pre-chosen at the time the ride was requested. Third, Uber enhances the cost-efficiency of transportation through providing price transparency and better options as prior to officially requesting a cab, Uber riders could estimate the cost of the ride and reject it if it was too high. Moreover, riders can also choose to split the

Uber is an innovative company that operates as a transportation company and a food delivery service around the globe. In addition, Uber is a company that was invented five years ago. Furthermore, during Uber’s early stages of development, the servicing company was referred to as “UberCAb”. Then an individual in San Francisco had decided to try out their service. From the individual’s first experience, the individual was very impressed. In addition, from that point, the company referred to as “UberCab” became commonly known as Uber. Also, Uber operates their service business in fifty eight different countries and have allocated over $60 billion in revenue. Uber faces many issues in their human resources operations implementation regarding drivers and internal employees.

Since it surged onto the marketplace in 2012, Uber has become the most recognizable alternative to a traditional taxi cab service and currently operates in 633 cities worldwide. Uber operates as a private, online network that utilizes a smartphone app to manage all of its ride-sharing business functions. Unlike a traditional taxi service relying on street-hailing and cash payment, ride-hailing and payment are all managed from within the mobile app, essentially making Uber a car-for-hire service relying on technology for dispatch and transaction management. Additionally, drivers are not required to have a special license to operate; they use a personal vehicle to offer discounted fares on rides. As a result of Uber’s innovative, nontraditional business model, there are ethical implications to consider, ranging from creating unfair competition to inadequately background scanning drivers.

As Uber sharply grew its volume, Uber started to obtain massive data from the customers, which have been considered as extremely valuable resource nowadays. However, the Uber was criticized that they were not able to promise the data security. No matter how valuable of the data as resources of Uber, it obviously has become a major debate between Uber and Uber’s drivers. Moreover, think about the one of the largest capability of Uber have, is that Uber make its principle differ to the traditional cab company. Take drivers as an example, traditional taxi’s drivers are subject to through certain level of training, got certified. But for a UberX driver, those procedures are not necessary because of the Uber’s principle of ride-sharing. Under the protection of “sharing”, most of Uber’s drivers have never received scientific training, which has brought up a series of personal safety issues to customers. In 2014, rider James Alva reported that he was physically attacked by the driver, and call him a “dirty Mexican faggot”. The conflict among customers and Uber are restricting the development of Uber, and make Uber harder to balance the contradiction between itself as a ride-sharing company which has low control on the driver and all customers’ safety.