Uber Wins Bid to Throw Out UK Mass Lawsuit by Black Cab Drivers

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• Uber won its bid to have thrown out two linked lawsuits, worth a combined roughly 340 million pounds ($453 million), brought by thousands of London black cab drivers and two former private-hire operators alleging Uber provided misleading and inaccurate information to Transport for London when obtaining its private-hire operator license in 2024.
• Uber had argued the claims were brought after the six-year limitation period had expired; Uber denied the underlying allegations in full, though the article did not have the court's judgment in hand and so could not specify the court's exact reasoning.
• The article did not address whether the plaintiffs plan to appeal or any further procedural steps.

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