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Uber, California lawyers say deal reached to avert dueling ballot initiative showdown

The state's trial attorneys and Uber say they have reached a last-minute deal to scrap their competing ballot measures over car crash lawsuits and sexual assaults, averting what was gearing up to be one of most expensive battles of the November election.

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Uber, California lawyers say deal reached to avert dueling ballot initiative showdown, The state’s trial attorneys and Uber say they have reached a last-minute deal to scrap their competing ballot measures over car crash lawsuits and sexual assaults, averting what was gearing up to be one of most expensive battles of the November election.

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