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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Uber has agreed to pay $271.8 million to Australian taxi and hire car drivers, operators and licence holders to compensate them for losing income and licence values when the rideshare giant moved into the Australian market.

The settlement is the fifth largest in Australian history and one of the most successful class actions against the rideshare giant, the lawyers behind the case said in a statement on Monday morning.

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers principal Michael Donelly said the settlement was preceded by a five-year legal battle in which Uber "fought tooth and nail at every point along the way".

"But on the courtroom steps and after years of refusing to do the right thing by those we say they harmed, Uber has blinked, and thousands of everyday Australians joined together to stare down a global giant", Mr Donelly said.

More than 8,000 taxi and hire car owners were part of the class action suit, which was filed in 2019.

The lead plaintiff is Nick Andrianakis, who told the ABC at the time that he was forced out of the taxi business when Uber entered the Australian market.


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