Perhaps aware of the regulatory swamp that he had wandered into, he then referred the matter to the city’s attorney general, Irvin B. Nathan, and asked him to evaluate Uber’s legal status. That spring Holt met with Nathan and his staff, and officials speculated that the entirety of Section 1299.1, the provision that seemingly gave Uber protection, was nothing more than a typographical error. Uber could keep operating for the time being, but its battle in DC had only just begun.
