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Employment Law January 17th, 2019

Law Times – Court of Appeal invalidates Uber’s arbitration clause

By Lior Samfiru

The Ontario Court of Appeal decision that invalidates Uber's arbitration clause will “have significant impact in this province and beyond”.

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Uber Class Action Lawsuit
Employment Law January 8th, 2019

Lawyer’s Daily – Ontario court deems Uber’s arbitration clause “unconscionable”

By Lior Samfiru

The Ontario Court of Appeal has reversed a lower court decision in a proposed class action against Uber.

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Employment Law January 6th, 2019

Business Insider – Uber’s arbitration policy takes advantage of drivers

By Lior Samfiru

A judge in Ontario's highest court said in a ruling that Uber has used its (technically) optional arbitration clause, to "take advantage…

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Strikers Holding Sign Stating Shame on Uber
Employment Law January 4th, 2019

Wall Street Journal – Canadian Court Slams Uber’s Arbitration Process

By Lior Samfiru

Uber lost some of its legal clout with contract drivers in Ontario after their highest court ruled that their process for arbitrating…

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Employment Law January 2nd, 2019

Court rules Uber arbitration clause illegal, “Unconscionable”

By Lior Samfiru

The Ontario Court of Appeal declared that a controversial clause found in Uber’s contracts for its Ontario drivers is “unconscionable” and “unenforceable”.

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Netherlands
Employment Law January 2nd, 2019

Proposed class action against Uber can proceed, appeal court rules – Canadian Press

By Lior Samfiru

The Court of Appeal for Ontario says a clause in Uber's services agreement that requires disputes to go through arbitration in the…

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Uber Driver
Employment Law January 2nd, 2019

Postmedia – Uber Loses Court Battle Over Arbitration Clause

By Lior Samfiru

Ontario’s top court has ruled that Uber drivers can turn to Canadian courts to try to resolve disputes with the ride-hailing service.

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Employment Law January 2nd, 2019

CBC News: Proposed class action against Uber can proceed

By Lior Samfiru

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Uber filed by one of its drivers will go ahead after Ontario's top court reversed a lower…

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Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, sits in her office as she conducts a camera interview about workplace bullying with Global News.
Employment Law November 19th, 2018

Half of Canadians experience bullying on the job – Global News

By Chantel Goldsmith

Polling firm Forum Research found that 55% of respondents were bullied or had co-workers who experienced bullying on the job.

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