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Trial of 2 Uber executives adjourned in France

PARIS (AP) — A French judge is adjourning the trial of two European Uber executives until February, saying more expertise is needed in the case involving databases seized during a police raid on the ride-hailing service’s Paris offices. The trial that started Wednesday reflects larger tensions about how to regulate newtechnologies that offer consumers greater…

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Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, general manager for western Europe of California-based Uber, left, and Thibaud Simphal, manager of Uber France, right arrive at the court house in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Two Uber executives are facing the possibility of prison in a trial hinging on the ride-hailing service's outlawed low-cost service. The trial Wednesday of Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal, comes a week after France's top constitutional authority upheld a 2014 law banning the low-cost UberPop service, which allowed any driver to act as a taxi. Uber's standard app-based service remains legal in France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, general manager for western Europe of California-based Uber, left, and Thibaud Simphal, manager of Uber France, right arrive at the court house in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Two Uber executives are facing the possibility of prison in a trial hinging on the ride-hailing service’s outlawed low-cost service. The trial Wednesday of Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal, comes a week after France’s top constitutional authority upheld a 2014 law banning the low-cost UberPop service, which allowed any driver to act as a taxi. Uber’s standard app-based service remains legal in France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PARIS (AP) — A French judge is adjourning the trial of two European Uber executives until February, saying more expertise is needed in the case involving databases seized during a police raid on the ride-hailing service’s Paris offices.

The trial that started Wednesday reflects larger tensions about how to regulate newtechnologies that offer consumers greater options but threaten traditional industries. Uber France chief Thibaud Simphal and its general manager for Western Europe, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty are charged with “deceptive commercial practices” and complicity in illegal activities.

During protests in France this summer, taxi drivers infuriated by Uber competition smashed livery cars and set tires ablaze. Uber calls the French system outdated and says it needs reform to keep up with technological changes.

 

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