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BEKELE v. LYFT, INC.

No. 16-2109.

918 F.3d 181 (2019)

Yilkal BEKELE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LYFT, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 13, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan , with whom Adelaide H. Pagano and Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Michael Rubin and Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA, on brief for Labor Law Scholars, amici curiae.

Evan M. Tager , with whom Archis A. Parasharami , Matthew A. Waring , and Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, were on brief, for appellee.

Bryan K. Weir , Thomas R. McCarthy , Cameron T. Norris , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, Arlington, VA, Steven P. Lehotsky , Washington, DC, Michael B. Schon , and U.S. Chamber Litigation Center on brief for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, amicus curiae.

Before Lynch, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice, and Stahl, Circuit Judge.

This case is about the enforceability of an arbitration clause alleged to be unconscionable under Massachusetts law.

Yilkal Bekele, the plaintiff, drove for Lyft, Inc., the defendant, starting in mid-2014. Bekele tapped "I accept" on his iPhone 4 when presented with Lyft's Terms of Service Agreement ("TOS Agreement...

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