Ehret v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

(Docket No. 44)

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Caren Ehret seeks to represent a nationwide class of customers who have *1127hired passenger car service drivers through Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc.’s (“Uber”) mobile phone application. She alleges that Uber charges a 20% fee above the metered fare for each ride that it misrepresents as a “gratuity” that is automatically added “for the driver.” In reality, Plaintiff alleges that a substantial portion of this “gratuity” is retained by Uber…