Tuesday, August 25, 2020

New Bill Threatens Shared Scooter, Bike Companies Like Bird, Wheels

A new California bill is threatening shared, micro-mobility companies like Santa Monica-based Bird and Los Angeles-based Wheels, by threatening to eliminate their ability to force their users to sign away their rights to sue those companies in the case of an injury or accident. According to the proposed law, agreements from those micro-mobility companies "shall not contain a provision by which the user waives, releases, or in any way limits their legal rights or remedies under the agreement."