As many of you already know, today is my last official day with NewBostonPost. When I agreed to help launch the site in July 2015, I committed to stay through the presidential election of 2016. My goal was to establish NBP's reputation as a credible, conservative website for New England and then step aside in order to let someone else expand the site's reach and market potential.
BOSTON — More than 30 taxicab companies filed a lawsuit against the popular ride-hailing app Uber in federal court on Friday, alleging that the company operates in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protections Clause and "preys parasitically on established taxi services without paying for them and without obeying the laws designed to protect taxi passengers."
The lawsuit, filed by cab companies based out of Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford and Somerville, seeks $60 million in damages and also takes aim at a law passed by the state Legislature regulating "transportation network companies" such as Uber and its rival Lyft.
