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Uber settles one class-action suit only to be faced with another

Uber settles one class-action suit only to be faced with another

- Crain's
Fresh off a surprise $100 million settlement in its last class action suit, Uber is facing new charges that it has misclassified its drivers by calling them independent contractors rather than employees.
In a complaint filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Milwaukee-based attorney Brian Mahany has brought a "collective action suit on behalf of all current and former Uber drivers" in the U.S., except for those in California and Massachusetts. Drivers in those states were covered...

Wisconsin contractor to pay $3 million in fraudulent materials case

Wisconsin contractor to pay $3 million in fraudulent materials case

- Crain's
Wisconsin-based contractor Novum Structures has admitted it passed off foreign construction materials as American and has agreed to pay $3 million in civil and criminal settlements.
Novum, based in Menomonee Falls, pleaded guilty in federal court in Milwaukee Wednesday. The company admitted it substituted components manufactured in China and elsewhere for materials labeled as U.S.-made, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The parts were used in government buildings...