Judge in Uber Ruling: Antitrust Laws Designed "to Protect Competition, not Competitors."

...the once dominant taxi firms wanted the court to rule that Uber’s initial operations in Philadelphia were "illegal, predatory, and led to a sharp drop in the value of taxicab medallions as well as a loss of profits." Traditional taxis are, they say, losing money due to the undesired competition—and they wanted courts to bail them out.