By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Scott Schools, the Justice Department’s highest ranking career official, and a close adviser to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, is joining Uber Technologies Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports. Schools becomes the company’s first chief compliance officer, as the ride-hailing giant seeks to move past a series of regulatory problems and…
Some lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft to require FBI background checks of their drivers.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is investigating a 2014 data breach at Uber to determine whether its competitor, Lyft, or any of its employees were involved, Reuters reported. The probe is focused on a breach that led to 50,000 Uber drivers’ names and their license plates numbers being illegally downloaded. Uber’s investigation revealed…
