Spanish Judge Freezes Uber

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Updated Apr. 14, 2017 1:50PM EDT / Published Dec. 09, 2014 9:47AM EST

A judge in Spain ordered Uber to stop operating in the country as a cautionary measure proposed by the Madrid Taxi Association. Cab associations in Spain have filed complaints against the app-based car service for fostering unfair competition for licensed taxi drivers. The judge from a Madrid mercantile court issued the suspension without hearing arguments from Uber. The ruling instructed all telecommunications and electronic-payment firms to stop processing interactions with Uber. The Spanish suspension comes just days after New Delhi’s ban on Uber, after a driver allegedly raped a woman during a taxi ride.

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Spanish Judge Freezes Uber