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It's latest woes are in California where, as NPR's Laura Sydell tells our Newscast unit, the attorneys general of San Francisco and Los Angeles counties are suing Uber. Here's more from Sydell's report:

Complaints against the company fall into two broad categories: One is the accusation that it doesn't screen its drivers properly; the other is the fact that it lacks permits to operate or is unregulated, and hence the charge that Uber has an unfair advantage over traditional taxis.

 The service was banned this week in the Indian capital, New Delhi, where an Uber driver is 

 a female passenger. Similarly, in Chicago, police said 

 they are investigating allegations that an Uber driver sexually assaulted a passenger.


., shut down the service Dec. 10, saying its drivers don't have permits to operate in the city. A day earlier, a 

 ordered Uber to stop its service in the country after protests by taxi drivers. Also this month, 

 the company's low-cost UberPop service could not operate in the Netherlands, and 

 ordered the company to stop operations, too. In 

, Uber drivers were told to get off the road or risk having their cars seized. Uber says it will appeal those decisions, and will continue to operate in some places where it has been 

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The developments come amid a financial windfall for the San Francisco-based company. Uber 

 that it raised $1.2 billion in its latest round of financing. It's now valued at more than $40 billion. That valuation came, as NPR's Sam Sanders reported, amid bad press for the company. Sanders noted:


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The ride-sharing service is now being sued by the attorneys general of two major U.S. counties who say the company is misrepresenting its background checks of drivers.

Uber's troubles mount even as its value grows

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