Ron Burgundy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels will launch a study in September of the taxi-hailing app Uber, in an effort to settle the legal disputes that have pitched the U.S. start-up against conventional taxis across Europe, three people familiar with the matter said. Since opening in Paris in 2011, San Francisco-based Uber has run into vehement opposition from taxi drivers, who complain it competes unfairly by bypassing local laws on licensing and safety. Uber has responded by submitting complaints to the European Commission against German and Spanish court bans as well as a new French law on taxis, the so-called Thevenoud law. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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