James Farrar successfully took Uber to court with Yaseen Aslam. Uber now considers their battle a risk.
and said the process will likely drag into 2020, but said a loss could mean coughing up fines and back taxes, as well as having to fork out for new employee benefits for drivers. The costs would likely be punitive.For Farrar, the namecheck is a vindication of a long and bitter fight.
"It's taken me in a direction I never expected to go," Farrar said."I think it's a common thing for people in campaigning, you never intend to go in this direction. Once you do, it's difficult to step off this merry-go-round." "[They] admit that driver unhappiness will get worse as they remove financial incentives as they push for profitability," said Farrar."It's miserly... for the people who built that company. I've always remembered being in court, seeing these shiny managers and lawyers, and I think: Drivers paid everything. It's an insult really — and Travis walks away with $9 billion.
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