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Rideshare Expert Witness and Consulting Services
Rideshare Expert Witness Services
Joseph Steinberg’s record of success as a cybersecurity expert witness, coupled with his experience in rideshare-related cases, has made him an ideal choice to serve in an expert capacity in lawsuits involving rideshare companies. (Rideshare companies include firms such as Uber, Lyft, and Gett, as explained below.)
Rideshare Expert Witness FAQ
What is a rideshare company?
A rideshare company is a business that uses technology, typically mobile apps running on people’s smartphones, to connect passengers with drivers who provide transportation services in the drivers’ personal vehicles (whether owned, rented, etc.). Rideshare companies facilitate rides between individuals, often on demand, and have become a popular alternative to traditional taxis and public transportation. Rideshare companies include firms such as Uber, Lyft, and Gett.
What is a rideshare expert witness?
Rideshare expert witnesses are experts in matters having significant impacts on rideshare-related lawsuits. As described below, the outcome of many such lawsuits depends on attorneys successful proving matters related to security – and Joseph Steinberg is an expert on helping lawyers do so.
With what types of lawsuits filed against rideshare companies can a rideshare expert witness Joseph Steinberg help achieve justice?
There are many types of rideshare-related lawsuits with which Joseph Steinberg can help. They include:
- Personal Injury Lawsuits
- Filed by passengers, pedestrians, or other drivers injured in accidents involving rideshare vehicles.
- Claims may allege driver negligence.
- Claims that allege inadequate driver vetting.
- Claims that allege inadequate driver authentication.
- Wrongful Death Lawsuits
- Brought by families of individuals killed in accidents involving rideshare vehicles.
- Often involve claims of negligence, recklessness, or company liability.
- Assault (physical assault or sexual assault) or Harassment Lawsuits
- Filed by passengers against drivers and/or the rideshare company itself for assaults occurring during rides.
- Filed by drivers against passengers and.or the rideshare company itself for assaults occurring during rides.
- Allegations may include negligent hiring, lack of background checks, failure to act on prior complaints, failure to authenticate riders, failure to protect drivers, failure to act after known deviation from planned routes, etc..
- Data Privacy and Security Lawsuits
- Related to data breaches or improper handling of personal user information.
- May be class-action suits on behalf of affected users or drivers.
- False Advertising or Deceptive Practices
- Accusations of misleading marketing (e.g., about driver earnings, safety policies, or background checks).
- Contractual Disputes
- Disputes between drivers and the company over terms of service, deactivation, or fare payouts.
Of course there are a whole slew of other types of laswuits as well, from those related to regulatory matters, to those alleging discrimination or exploitive pricing.
How can Joseph Steinberg help you with your rideshare-related lawsuit?
A rideshare expert witness like Joseph Steinberg, who specializes in cybersecurity, privacy, and emerging technologies, and who has experience as an expert with rideshare-related court matters, can potentially play a crucial role in strengthening a lawsuit against a rideshare company.
Among the ways that a rideshare expert witness like Joseph Steinberg might help are:
- Authentication and Identity Verification
- Evaluate how well the company verifies driver and rider identities both upon the initial establishment of an account as well as upon the commencement of a ride.
- Testify if weak identity checks contributed to criminal incidents (e.g., assaults by unauthorized drivers).
- Expert Analysis of App Functionality
- Provide technical insights into how the app operates, including GPS tracking, ride logs, driver ratings, and in-app safety features.
- Explain how technical flaws or misleading designs may have contributed to an accident or assault.
- Failure of Safety Features
- Assess whether the company’s safety features (panic buttons, live tracking, etc.) worked as advertised or as described to the public in various media.
- Identify whether the company misrepresented the effectiveness of its safety systems.
- Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Expertise
- Analyze whether the rideshare company adequately protected user or driver data.
- Identify possible vulnerabilities or security failures that led to data breaches or misuse of personal information.
- Help attorneys determine and demonstrate to a jury that a company violated data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
- Negligence in Technology Implementation
- Point out poor decisions in software or infrastructure design that contributed to, or, as the case may be, directly led to, led to harm.
- Help prove that a rideshare company did not meet industry standards for technology safety and due diligence.
- Support Employment Misclassification Claims
- Analyze the level of control exerted over drivers through the relevant rideshare app.
- Provide evidence that suggests drivers function more like employees than independent contractors.
Who makes a good rideshare expert witness?
A rideshare expert witness who can help with the aforementioned types of cases is likely going to be an expert on cybersecurity, who has many years of experience in the field, is highly credentialed, has experience writing cybersecurity expert reports and testifying on matters related to cybersecurity, understands relevant laws, and has excellent, persuasive communication skills that can convince juries and judges to rule in favor of particular clients. Additionally, the expert should be familiar with rideshare apps, and have experienced in rideshare-related cases, so that the rideshare expert witness can help advise attorneys regarding case merits and weaknesses, as well help attorneys craft and hone arguments that can be made in order to either win a case at trial or to incentivize opposing parties to offer generous settlements.
Rideshare Expert Witness Joseph Steinberg has repetitively proven himself in such areas.
Why does Joseph Steinberg choose to work as a cybersecurity expert witness (in rideshare-related cases and others) – and why does he have the great record that he has?
In the summer of 2023, Newsweek profiled Joseph Steinberg about why he chooses to work as a cybersecurity expert witness, rather than as a CISO or as the CEO of a security company. To quote Newsweek:
While Steinberg has a wealth of knowledge about cybercrime-related laws, he stresses that he is not an attorney—and has no plans to become one. His interest in serving the legal community stems from his desire to see the world become a more just place, which is why he is highly selective about the cases he gets involved in.
“There are more lucrative ways for someone with over 25 years of cybersecurity experience to earn a living,” he says. “But, there is great satisfaction in helping people who have been severely wronged and seeing those wrongs get corrected. I’ve been involved in cases in which people were wrongly deprived of their life savings, their ability to purchase a home, or the rightfully-earned fruits of their many years of hard work.”
You can read the full article about CyberSecurity Expert Witness Joseph Steinberg at the following link: Newsweek: How a Leading Cybersecurity Expert Witness Helps Achieve Justice for Cybercrime Victims.
To learn more about how Joseph Steinberg can help you with rideshare-related lawsuits, please also see his main cybersecurity expert witness page.
