LEG 500 Assignment 2: The Gig Economy

Uber is largely hailed as the advent of the gig economy, which is the idea that people will not work for any one employer, but instead will work on projects for any variety of companies desiring their services.  While creating a new type of entrepreneurship for individuals, it raises a host of new legal questions for companies around the law of agency.

An investment firm has asked you to evaluate Uber’s legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.

Write an interoffice memo in which you:

Summarize the main principles of agency.

Analyze the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.

Identify the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.

Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Your news brief or memo should include a heading, summary statement, background and recommendations.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 220
Assignment 2: The Gig Economy

Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Summarize the main principles of agency.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or incompletely summarized the main principles of agency..
Partially summarized the main principles of agency..
Satisfactorily summarized the main principles of agency..
Thoroughly summarized the main principles of agency..

2. Analyze the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers
Partially analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers
Satisfactorily analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers
Thoroughly analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers

3. Identify the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely identified the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.
Partially identified the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.
Satisfactorily identified the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.
Thoroughly identified the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.

4. 3 references
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 6 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present