Category: California
San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers
From Bloomberg Law, Carmen Castro-Pagan and Kathleen Dailey report that Instacart will probably have to reclassify its…
How Employers and Contractors Are Retaining Independence Under AB5
From Small Business Trends, Nellie Akalp discusses setting up a corporation, LLC or partnership which can be…
California freelancers: What to do if a client tells you to form an LLC
From SFGate, Kathleen Pender does an outstanding job discussing the trend in California of requiring freelancers to…
AB 51 Challenge: Preliminary Injunction Issued
From JDSupra, Elizabeth Levy reports that a preliminary injunction has been issued preventing the enforcement of California’s…
California workers are setting up more LLCs after AB5
From Quartz, Michelle Cheng reports on a increase in applications to form limited liability companies (LLCs) in…
California Truckers Get Biggest Misclassification Win Yet; Gig Economy Companies Await Their Fate
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello discusses the order by a judge blocking the enforcement of California’s AB 5…
Federal Judge Bars California’s Attempt to Criminalize Arbitration Agreements
From Lexology, Maria C. Rodriguez, Yesenia M. Gallegos and Michelle S. Strowhiro report that a federal judge issued a temporary…
Another Win For California Truckers In AB-5 Fight…But Gig Economy Still Awaits Misclassification Ruling
From JDSupra, Benjamin Ebbink discusses a recent case in which a state court judge said AB5 is preempted…
Last-Minute Court Ruling Sees Truckers Spared From California Misclassification Law
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello discusses a last minute ruling by a federal judge to say that truckers…
California’s New Anti-Arbitration Law Temporarily Enjoined by Federal Court
From JDSupra, Caroline Powell Donelan reports that a federal judge issued an order prohibiting the enforcement of…
A Decade In Review: Workplace Law In The 2010’s
From JDSupra, Fisher Phillips provides a review of workplace law in the past decade including discussion of…
Freelancer Writers Are The Latest Group To Challenge California’s Gig Economy Law – But Will It Do Any Good?
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello discusses a lawsuit brought by freelance journalists challenging California’s AB5. Richard writes: Last…
