3rd Circuit:  Uber Drivers Are Not Interstate Drivers Exempt From Arbitration

Mealey's ( May 1, 2023, 10:52 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Rideshare drivers primarily provide local transportation and “are not ‘engaged in foreign or interstate commerce for the purposes of’” Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, affirming a trial court’s ruling compelling arbitration of two putative class complaints alleging misclassification....