Uber, California Regulators Aim to Resolve Assault Probe Dispute

Uber Technologies Inc. will meet with the California Public Utilities Commission to resolve questions that led to a proposed $59 million administrative fine for failing to provide information in a sexual assault probe, an administrative law judge said Monday.

The same judge who ordered the fine to compel Uber to give information on a safety report about sexual assaults and harassment granted the ride hailing company’s August 2020 request for alternative dispute resolution.

Uber has framed the dispute as a privacy fight to protect assault survivors who shared their stories for the industry-first safety report while the commission asserted its ...