Uber has poured millions of dollars into a Nevada ballot initiative that would impose a stringent cap on attorneys’ share of civil lawsuit payouts — potentially limiting the ride-hailing giant’s exposure to sexual assault claims and other litigation from customers and drivers.
The measure, pushed by a new political action committee called Nevadans for Fair Recovery, would set a firm 20% ceiling on lawyers’ contingency fees in all civil cases in the state. Plaintiffs are likely to hire attorneys on contingency when they can’t afford to pay an hourly rate out of pocket; an attorney then takes a cut of any judgment or settlement if a case succeeds.