Uber Wins Disqualification of Former Chamber Lawyer (1)

An attorney who worked with Uber Inc. to fight driver classification while at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce can’t represent a class of limo drivers suing Uber now over the same employment law issue, a federal court said Jan. 9.

Warren Postman was privy to Uber’s privileged and confidential information in earlier litigation, Judge Edward M. Chen wrote for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

That disqualifies him and his new firm Keller Lenkner LLC from representing parties suing Uber, the court said.

Lyft Inc. is also trying to get Postman disqualified from a similar suit ...