Uber can be added as defendant in Kalanick price-fixing case
A federal judge said Uber can be added as a defendant in an antitrust lawsuit against its chief executive officer, Travis Kalanick, over its pricing practices; an outcome the ride-sharing service wanted in its bid to force the case into arbitration. In a decision made public on Monday, US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan called Uber a "necessary party" to Connecticut passenger Spencer Meyer's lawsuit against Kalanick, given its interest in maintaining its surge pricing algorithm and its contracts with drivers. The antitrust class action suit was filed in December, saying that Kalanick "had orchestrated and facilitated an illegal price-fixing conspiracy” by colluding with Uber drivers to use the pricing algorithm to set prices charged by these drivers.

By Christine Powell (June 20, 2016, 10:08 PM EDT) -- A New York federal judge on Monday signed off on a request by the CEO of Uber to insert the ride-hailing company into a proposed class action over price-fixing allegations....

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