California Supreme Court
Jun. 5, 2024
California Supreme Court weighs exempting ex-Uber lawyer's case from economic loss rule
The lawyer sued Uber following its April 2016 launch in Argentina, claiming the company knowingly concealed the fact that he would be at the center of an Argentine government investigation into tax evasion.
Counsel for an Argentine lawyer, accusing Uber Technologies, Inc. of making him the "sacrificial lamb" of a criminal probe related to the company's roll out in his country, warned the California Supreme Court against letting businesses "use a contract as a shield" under the state's economic loss rule during oral arguments Tuesday.
Attorneys for Uber and the appellant Michael R. Rattagan, a founding partner for Dentons's office in Buenos Aires and for...
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