SAN FRANCISCO — After securing a pair of favorable rulings—and in the face of a supercharged media campaign launched by Uber—plaintiffs challenging the company’s business model are seeking to put on their case without a jury.
Plaintiffs lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan, who won class certification for drivers suing over their status as independent contractors and then got the class significantly expanded, moved on Thursday to dismiss an expense-reimbursement claim in an effort to proceed to a bench trial. The proposal, subject of a hearing before U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, drew a vigorous objection from Uber Technologies Inc. lawyer Theodore Boutrous of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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