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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jul 12, 2016, 04:36 AM Jul 2016

Man who sued Uber CEO says company targeted him and his Maine lawyer

PORTLAND, Maine — In January, an employee at ride-sharing giant Uber set his sights on Portland attorney Andrew Schmidt and his client, Spencer Meyer.

“I have a sensitive, very under the radar investigation that I need on an individual here in the U.S.,” wrote Mat Henley, Uber’s director of security, in an email to the corporate research firm Ergo.

The chain of emails unfurled previous claims that attorneys for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick didn’t know about the investigations into Meyer, who sued him personally in December, alleging violations of antitrust law in a potential class action.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York attempts to put Uber in a legal bind, arguing that if its employees are all independent contractors, then they should have more freedom to set their own prices.

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/11/business/man-who-sued-uber-ceo-says-company-targeted-him-and-his-maine-lawyer/

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