In the complex legal wrangling surrounding the sexual assault cases against Uber Technologies Inc., feuding has erupted among lawyers seeking leadership of these pivotal affairs. Accusations of “professional misconduct” and a “smear campaign” have emerged, further complicating the situation.
This fight has led to a division between two proposed leadership teams; one, in particular, comprises representatives from four plaintiff firms that have been handling Uber-related sexual assault cases in the Californian State Courts over the past three years.
The dispute has heated up notably between William Levin and Rachel Abrams, with the former singling out Abrams, a former partner of his firm, Levin Simes, based in San Francisco, as unfit to lead the approximately 150 federal cases in multidistrict litigation in California’s Northern District.
This heated leadership fight comes against the backdrop of a series of damning sexual assault cases against the renowned tech company, Uber, thereby increasing the stakes for all legal professionals involved.
More information on this rapidly escalating dispute can be found here.