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A judge ordered Uber Technologies Inc’s operation in Colombia to suspend its ride-hailing business after a technology platform presented a lawsuit claiming the company was providing the service through unfair competition.
A judge at the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, which regulates the market, ruled that Uber’s app violated competition norms, the regulator said.
Cotech SA, a taxi-service platform, filed the lawsuit against Uber. “This violates the rules that regulate the market, generates a significant advantage in the market, and generates deviation from the clientele of Cotech,†the regulator said. While the decision orders an “immediate†service suspension, the ride-hailing app can’t be forced to comply unless ordered to do so in a separate action, Andres Barreto, superintendency head said.