New York City-based law firm Held & Hines LLP must immediately stop soliciting and charging Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers a fee to receive a share of $328 million the companies agreed to pay New York drivers in settlement funds last November as part of a backpay dispute.
“Asking hardworking drivers — many of whom are immigrants and people of color — to pay a fee for their rightfully earned wages is unacceptable,” state Attorney General Letitia James (D) said in a Friday press release. “Held & Hines is trying to get rideshare drivers to pay for an ...
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