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Is this current news? In trying to find non-pay-walled coverage (FU,NYT), I quickly found previous stories on this from February and in November. The November
by fernly 7y ago
Is this current news? In trying to find non-pay-walled coverage (FU,NYT), I quickly found previous stories on this from February and in November.
The November 25 article[1] mentions the "squirming out" remark by the judge.
A WaPo article from February 16 [2] mentions that each of the 5000 Dashers who filed for arbitration had to put up $300.
[1] https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-accuses-doordash-of-trying-to-squirm-out-of-arbitration/ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-accuses-doordash-of-try...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/16/doordashs-multimillion-dollar-arbitration-mistake/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/16/doordashs...
- russellbeattie 7y agoPosted here a few months ago as well [1] when the judge's decision was given. This NYT article doesn't add anything new, and I suspect it's a result of the defense lawyers calling in favors order to put pressure on DoorDash which filed for it's IPO in February. DoorDash is most likely going to use the surge in traffic because of the coronavirus to help push their IPO through sooner than later, taking advantage of the fact they're one of the few types of businesses benefitting from the lock down. If the defense can threaten that IPO, DoorDash might be more pliable to a deal... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22315348 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22315348