WASHINGTON — Empower's rideshare drivers were still offering their rates in D.C. on Sunday, even after its CEO told a Superior Court judge that he would end his app's availability inside the District.

CEO Joshua Sear appeared to finally relent last Tuesday in the face of a series of threats and sanctions against himself and his company by a DC Superior Court judge, including a potential jail sentence.

Judge Shana Frost Matini looked to escalate CEO Joshua Sear's punishment and the sanctions against his company last Tuesday after Empower allowed its drivers to continue offering rides inside the District nearly 10 months after the company had been ordered to allowing rides inside Washington, D.C.

Empower had been originally ordered in November 2024 to end operations in D.C. after allege

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