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Will Self-Driving Vehicles Be Able to Capably Handle Inclement Weather? Uber/Lyft Accidents
September 22, 2018

Will Self-Driving Vehicles Be Able to Capably Handle Inclement Weather?

In the race toward a driverless future, there is one entity casting a large shadow over the entire endeavor. That entity is Mother Nature. Yes, for all the advances in driverless technology — of which there are many to boast of — autonomous vehicles of today have little capability for effectively dealing with inclement weather. Even the most minor amounts of snowfall…
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Lyft’s 1 Billion Trips Are a Reminder of the Rideshare Industry’s Rapid Rise Uber/Lyft Accidents
September 22, 2018

Lyft’s 1 Billion Trips Are a Reminder of the Rideshare Industry’s Rapid Rise

Recently, Lyft celebrated making 1 billion trips in just a few short years. As one of the primary competitors in the ride-sharing sector, this rapid rise is a remarkable one for the company. Here are just a few of the fun facts touted by the brand to commemorate the occasion: 76 million rides to the airport have been provided 500,000 rides…
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Did a Drunk Uber Driver Force a Passenger to Take the Wheel? Uber/Lyft Accidents
September 22, 2018

Did a Drunk Uber Driver Force a Passenger to Take the Wheel?

In one of the more shocking stories involving a ridesharing driver, an Uber passenger in India has made the claim that his Uber driver was drunk behind the wheel. The driver was so intoxicated, in fact, that the passenger claims he had to take the wheel in order to drive himself home safely. The passenger, Surya Oruganti tweeted about the incident…
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Would Safety Be an Afterthought for Any Driverless Car Bill That Passes the Senate? RoundUp Tort
September 14, 2018

Would Safety Be an Afterthought for Any Driverless Car Bill That Passes the Senate?

In a year where Americans revealed they have serious doubts about the safety of self-driving cars — a study conducted shortly after the first Uber self-driving car crash fatality revealed that 73 percent of Americans would be afraid to ride in autonomous vehicles — it is clear that the self-driving sector has work to do concerning the public trust. As such, it…
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Farm Bill May Prevent Local Governments From Using Their Own Pesticide Regulations to Limit Glyphosate RoundUp Tort
September 14, 2018

Farm Bill May Prevent Local Governments From Using Their Own Pesticide Regulations to Limit Glyphosate

According to an analysis conducted by Beyond Pesticides and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), local governments may be prevented from banning glyphosate if a a provision in a 748-page farm bill is passed into law. According to the EWG analysis, more than 50 city and county ordinances banning glyphosate could be overturned, which may lead to a renewed glyphosate presence…
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Is a "Robotaxi" Soon on the Way Via Waymo’s Self-Driving Project? Uber/Lyft Accidents
September 14, 2018

Is a "Robotaxi" Soon on the Way Via Waymo’s Self-Driving Project?

As 2018 is in its waning months, it seems fair to say that 2018 was a rough year for the "true believers" in a driverless future. American sentiment has grown increasingly untrusting in a number of studies and surveys, while ride-sharing leader Uber suffered from a spate of negative publicity after the first fatal self-driving car crash in Tempe. However,…
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Vallejo, Home City of CA Groundskeeper in $289M Roundup Verdict, Will Continue to Use Glyphosate RoundUp Tort
September 13, 2018

Vallejo, Home City of CA Groundskeeper in $289M Roundup Verdict, Will Continue to Use Glyphosate

California groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first plaintiff to have a jury verdict rendered in lawsuits against Monsanto involving glyphosate. Mr. Johnson was one of thousands who alleged that the company's glyphosate herbicide caused their cancer, and the jury found for Mr. Johnson in a case that garnered significant national attention. The attention was of such a magnitude that Bayer's…
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Monsanto Fails to Collect Documents From Advocacy Group Seeking a Halt to Glyphosate RoundUp Tort
September 13, 2018

Monsanto Fails to Collect Documents From Advocacy Group Seeking a Halt to Glyphosate

In past blog posts, we have extensively covered the ongoing saga surrounding the what are now thousands of lawsuits arguing that glyphosate causes cancer. Regular readers will recall that plaintiffs are relying on a 2015 World Health Report finding that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen. Monsanto and Bayer, alternatively, rely on studies such as the EPA's claim that glyphosate is likely not…
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Lawsuit Alleges Uber Saved $500M by Misclassifying Its Drivers As Independent Contractors Uncategorized
September 13, 2018

Lawsuit Alleges Uber Saved $500M by Misclassifying Its Drivers As Independent Contractors

In past blogs, we have written about the financial and legal incentives Uber has to continue classifying its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Indeed, we also extensively covered an important California Supreme Court decision that increased the likelihood Uber and Lyft drivers will become employees in the state of California. Months after we wrote about the highest California court's decision…
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What the Two-Year Timeline of Uber’s Self-Driving Car Testing Reveals Uncategorized
September 13, 2018

What the Two-Year Timeline of Uber’s Self-Driving Car Testing Reveals

In 2016, the city of Pittsburgh was home to a host of reporters who gathered to get a glimpse at the future of driving. Namely, those reporters attended media briefing sessions concerning Uber's newest pilot program involving self-driving cars. It has been two years since those briefings, and the road has been an objectively rocky one for the ride-hailing company.…
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