Professor Horton Co-authors Amicus in Second Circuit Case

Professor David Horton filed an amicus brief on behalf of 50 law professors in Meyer v. Kalanick, a U.S. Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit case concerning a New York federal judge's refusal to force arbitration in a putative antitrust class action accusing Uber CEO Travis Kalanick of colluding with drivers to fix prices. The brief, co-authored with California Wester School of Law Professor Nancy S. Kim, supports the district court decision.

“Ultimately, Uber’s version of a contract is not a contract,” the brief states. “We have come a long way from the ideal of an individually-negotiated agreement, but if ‘contract’ is to have any meaning, consumers must at least be aware of the allegedly binding terms.”

Professor Horton joined the King Hall faculty in 2012.  His primary research and teaching interests are wills and trusts, contracts, and arbitration law.  In 2015, his article "In Partial Defense of Probate: Evidence from Alameda County, California" was selected as the winner of the 29th annual Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Scholarly Paper Competition and he was honored with UC Davis School of Law’s Distinguished Teaching Award.