Uber continues to face legal challenges abroad — something the ride-sharing company has done since its outset, but with recent pushback from France and Mexico.
In France, the San Francisco-based company has conceded to suspend its service as tension between it, France’s taxi drivers, and the government came to a head. Two of its senior European managers were detained on July 6 and ordered to stand trial, charged with “deceptive commercial practices,” according to the Associated Press.