Uber Beats Unfair Competition Claims by Boston Cab Companies

Uber Technologies Inc. isn’t responsible for lost Boston-area cab revenues or a crash in the value of taxi medallions, the District of Massachusetts ruled Sept. 6.

The case challenged the business model of Uber’s main consumer service, UberX, which the plaintiffs portrayed as regulatory gamesmanship. The company markets itself as a cheaper alternative to taxis, but the way it undersells them is by ignoring safety, consumer protection, and nondiscrimination rules, the suit claimed. It alleged violations of federal antitrust laws and Massachusetts’s unfair competition statute, known as Chapter 93A.

Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton of the U.S. District Court for the ...