A federal judge has enjoined Uber and CEO Travis Kalanick from using information gathered by a private investigator he hired to dig into the backgrounds of the plaintiff and lawyer in a class action lawsuit.
Citing “fraudulent and arguably criminal” conduct by private investigation firm Global Precision Research, doing business as Ergo, Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff also enjoined Uber from conducting further research into litigants in Meyer v. Kalanick, 15-cv-9796, through the use of false pretenses, illegally recorded conversations and other unlawful means.
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