Uber Hit With Lawsuit Over Use Of Credit Scores In Driver Hiring

Jeff Roberts, GigaOM
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 2:29pm

Poor Uber can't win. After criticism over driver-screening, the ride-sharing company tightened up its background checks -- and now a driver has filed a class action case saying the way Uber…

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Uber Hit With Lawsuit Over Use Of Credit Scores In Driver Hiring

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