Uber responded by dumping their attorneys Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and hiring Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In litigation in the Northern District of California, plaintiff drivers represented by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Boston-based firm Licthen & Liss-Riordan are moving the case to a jury trial next year on the alleged "merits" that Uber is not just an "app" that matches independent drivers and customers in need of a ride, but rather car service that directs its employees to transport the public from place to place and then steals drivers' tips. In April 2010 before Obamacare increased business expenses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.71 per hour, with wages accounting for 69.6 percent and benefits averaging 30.4 percent of costs. Employer costs averaged $2.62 per hour for life, health and disability insurance or 8.8 percent of total compensation.