• Ride sharing company Uber has filed a lawsuit citing the Supreme Court's recent North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC decision to challenge a local taxi regulator on antitrust grounds. The Dental Examiners opinion limited the scope of state-action antitrust immunity, specifically for regulatory bodies made up of market participants from the regulated line of work. Read more at Forbes.
  • Uber's legal fortunes continue to be mixed in Europe, however, as the French Constitutional Council upheld a law banning the company's service allowing non-professional drivers in that country, "Uberpop." Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
  • A panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the District Court's dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that New York State's prohibition on "gravity knives" has been enforced by New York City in a way that renders the law unconstitutionally vague. Read more at Reuters.