NYC Uber Drivers Win New Shot at Arbitration Exemption on Appeal

Uber Technologies Inc. drivers who allege improper pay deductions should get to collect more information before a district judge decides if an arbitration exemption applies, the Second Circuit said Tuesday, overturning an order booting the case from court.

The lower court ruled that the New York City-area drivers don’t qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for transportation workers. But the drivers’ complaint lacked an adequate basis for determining if the exemption applies, so the parties should get to conduct limited discovery on arbitrability before the district judge rules again on Uber’s motion to compel arbitration, the US Court of ...