Identify the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure due to the conduct of its drivers.

Uber is largely hailed as the
advent of the gig economy, which is the idea that people do not work as
permanent employees for one employer but instead work in a labor market
characterized by short-term contracts or freelance work. While creating a new
type of entrepreneurship for individuals, a gig economy raises a host of new
legal questions about the law of agency for companies utilizing gig workers.
Your boss at an investment firm
has asked you to evaluate Uber’s legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers,
given the information below and identify, and to explain the law and legal
liability in this vast new gig economy world.
Write a 3–4 page interoffice memo
in which you do the following:
Summarize the main principles of agency
law as they relate to Uber’s relationship with its drivers.
Analyze the circumstances under which Uber
might be liable for the conduct of a driver who, while intoxicated, caused
an accident involving personal property damage and bodily injury.
Identify the steps Uber can take, if any,
to limit its legal exposure due to the conduct of its drivers.
Your memo
should include a heading, summary statement, background, and recommendations.

Establish what
liability concerns exist for a specific business based on agency law.

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