U.S. judge probes Uber over allegations of fraud in antitrust case
Puny human laws don't apply to Uber because the taxi business sucks and rich people have made big investments.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-antitrust-idUSKCN0YU0F5
BY HEATHER SOMERVILLE AND DAN LEVINE - Wed Jun 8, 2016 1:17am EDT
Uber must hand over documents to a New York judge probing whether private investigators hired by the ride-hailing company fraudulently sought information about its opponents in an antitrust case, according to a court ruling on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff is seeking to determine whether Uber instructed an investigator to lie in order to elicit information about Spencer Meyer, lead plaintiff in the antitrust lawsuit, and his attorney.
The suit, filed in December, alleges that Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick engaged in a price-fixing scheme with Uber drivers. The proposed class action names Kalanick and not the ride-hailing company, though Uber is seeking to intervene in the lawsuit.
In one instance, an investigator hired by Uber allegedly called Meyer's attorney's professional colleagues and "falsely stated that he was compiling a profile of up-and-coming labor lawyers in the United States," Rakoff wrote.
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