Uber Technologies Inc. has a chance to slam the brakes on a major labor class action that challenges the company's classification of drivers as independent contractors.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it would allow the ride-hailing company to appeal U.S. District Judge Edward Chen's December order certifying a class of approximately 240,000 Uber drivers in California.
The decision is a victory for Uber in a case in which little has gone its way. In a petition to appeal the class-certification order, the company's legal team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher accused Chen of setting the stage for a "runaway class action" with radical rulings that crippled its arbitration clause.
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