Yucesoy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DOUGLAS O'CONNOR, et al., Case No. 13-cv-03826-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’

v. MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL

AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al., ATTORNEYS’ FEES Defendants. Docket Nos. 954, 935

12 Plaintiffs brought two lawsuits against Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging that Uber misclassifies its drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees. See O’Connor v. Uber Techs., Inc., Case No. 13-cv-3826-EMC, Docket No. 330 ¶ 3; Yucesoy v. Uber Techs., Inc., Case No. 15-cv-262-EMC, Docket No. 292 ¶ 2. Five years of contentious litigation ensued. The parties eventually entered into an agreement to settle both suits, and on March 29, 2019, the Court granted preliminary approval to the parties’ class action settlement. O’Connor, Docket No. 930 (“Prelim. Approval Order”); Yucesoy, Docket No. 332. For the reasons stated on the record and as explained below, the…