Federal Trade Commission v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al

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United States District Court
Northern District of California
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 25-cv-03477-JST(ASK)
NOTICE TO THE PARTIES
It recently came to my attention that a family member of mine owned stock in Uber
Technologies, Inc. The family member’s ownership of this stock has not affected or impacted any
decision in this case, and that ownership interest has now been divested.
Although the family member’s ownership of this stock would ordinarily require recusal,
Canon 3C(4)of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges states that a judge is not disqualified
because of “a financial interest in a party” if the judge (or the judge’s relevant family member)
“divests the interest that provides the grounds for disqualification,” unless the interest could be
substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding. Advisory Opinion No. 69 from the
Judicial Conference’s Committee on Codes of Conduct explains that a judge may divest the
disqualifying interest under Canon 3C(4) at the beginning of the case, after the judge has spent
substantial time on the case, or anytime in between.
Based on the issues presented in this case, I have concluded that my family member’s
former interest in Uber Technologies, Inc. could not be substantially affected by the outcome of
the proceeding and, additionally, the family member has now divested the interest. Further, the
public interest will be served by my continuing to preside over this case because it will avoid
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having the matter reassigned to another judge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 17, 2026
AJAY KRISHNAN
United States Magistrate Judge
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