LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The rideshare firm Uber and a few companies need to decrease the quantity Nevada attorneys can cost for a contingency price in civil instances. The difficulty went earlier than the Nevada Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday.
Attorneys typically cost a price of 33% to 40% of an award or settlement. The poll initiative requires capping the legal professional charges at 20%. Nevertheless, these difficult it say it might have an effect on the flexibility of individuals to seek out attorneys to take their instances.
The Uber-backed political motion committee, Nevadans for Truthful Restoration, filed the poll initiative petition with the state to place the proposal earlier than voters within the Nov. 2026 election.
Based on a New York Instances article, “Uber is pushing the proposal at the same time that the company faces a torrent of lawsuits in Nevada and elsewhere from customers who have accused it of failing to protect them from being sexually assaulted or harassed by drivers.”
A gaggle known as, Uber Sexual Assault Survivors for Authorized Accountability, is preventing towards the decrease cap quantity as a result of they imagine it might discourage attorneys from taking their instances. A lawsuit was filed to maintain the measure from making it to the poll, however a state choose dismissed it and now it is earlier than the Nevada Supreme Courtroom.
It might take months for the courtroom to announce a choice. If the case strikes ahead and will get sufficient legitimate signatures, it go earlier than voters within the Nov. 2026 election.
