Uber Aims to Shed Troubled Past in Pre-IPO Peace-Making Bonanza

Uber Aims to Shed Troubled Past in Pre-IPO Peace-Making Bonanza
The Uber app on an iPad in Baltimore. Uber has agreed to pay $148 million and take steps to tighten data security, after the ride-hailing company failed for a year to notify drivers that hackers had stolen their personal information. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File
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Uber Technologies Inc.’s quiet resolution this week of allegations that it put thousands of women at risk of sexual assault by their drivers is just the latest move by the ride-hailing giant to lessen its legal exposure as it speeds toward an initial public offering.

As Uber races against smaller rival Lyft Inc. to stage one of the largest IPOs of all time, its lawyers have been making peace over high-profile disputes left and right.