{"id":25602,"date":"2017-03-31T09:18:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25602"},"modified":"2017-03-31T09:18:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:18:24","slug":"uber-settles-with-pennsylvania-regulator-following-record-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/uber-settles-with-pennsylvania-regulator-following-record-fine.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber settles with Pennsylvania regulator following record fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Uber settles with Pennsylvania regulator following record fine<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Uber settles with Pennsylvania regulator following record fine:- Uber Technologies Inc has reached a settlement with Pennsylvania&#39;s taxi regulator to end the ride-sharing company&#39;s appeal of a record $11.4 million fine for operating illegally.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A notice posted on Tuesday with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania said Uber and the state&#39;s Public Utility Commission had reported an agreement in principle to settle the case, which involved the largest fine imposed by that regulator.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The appeal was put on hold so a formal agreement between Uber and the PUC could be worked out.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Uber spokesman Craig Ewer confirmed the substance of the notice, but declined to provide details about the accord. PUC spokesman Nils Hagen-Frederiksen said: &quot;The matter is under review by the commission.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The PUC fined Uber last April after finding that the San Francisco-based company had from February to August 2014 provided 122,998 rides in Pennsylvania without prior approval, and obstructed a state probe into its operations.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Though the $11.4 million fine was six times larger than any prior fine imposed by the PUC, it had been reduced from the $49.9 million ordered earlier by two administrative law judges.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The PUC rejected Uber&#39;s bid to reconsider the fine on Sept. 1. Uber appealed that decision to the commonwealth court four weeks later.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On March 8, Uber said it would stop using its so-called &quot;Greyball&quot; technology, which helped identify and avoid regulators seeking evidence that drivers were evading local laws governing taxi services.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">It is unclear whether that decision was a factor in resolving the Pennsylvania case.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The case is Uber Technologies Inc et al v Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, No. 1617 CD 2016.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:- <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-uber-pennsylvania-idUSKBN171308<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/uber-settles-with-pennsylvania-regulator-following-record-fine.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber settles with Pennsylvania regulator following record fine Uber settles with Pennsylvania regulator following record fine:- Uber Technologies Inc has reached a settlement with Pennsylvania&#39;s taxi regulator to end the ride-sharing company&#39;s appeal of a record $11.4 million fine for operating illegally. 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