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Liss-Riordan has been dubbed Uber’s archnemesis for overseeing a series of challenges to the company s labor policies. Most notably she represented drivers in California and Massachusetts in a case settled in 2019, where Uber agreed to pay $20 million to drivers who said they were misclassified, but the company did not change its policies.
In the New York class-action complaint, filed Nov. 3, Liss-Riordan said the workers should be considered employees under existing state law.
“We are seeking injunctive relief that they properly classify their drivers, as well as restitution for past damages,” Liss-Riordan said by phone.
Uber filed a month later for a stay in the legal challenge, asking the judge to rule that the dispute belonged in private arbirtation.