Unless it’s legally mandatory in such a way that superior authorities can’t overrule it, then it doesn’t seem to matter? (such as the President, appellate court

Unless it’s legally mandatory in such a way that superior authorities can’t overrule it, then it doesn’t seem to matter? (such as the President, appellate courts, etc…) Clearly in this case Uber got a superior authority to do so, and in any future case that will still be a likely possibility.