Jones Day Talks Health Care & Life Sciences: False Claims and Private Equity, and Rideshare Apps Race into Patient Transportation
On April 10, 2025, California legislators introduced Assembly Bill 1340, also known as the Transportation Network Company Drivers Labor Relations Act, which would afford drivers of app-based transportation companies such as...more
The California Supreme Court recently upheld a California law that classifies drivers for app-based transportation companies, such as Uber, Lyft, or DoorDash, as independent contractors and not employees, provided the company...more
Art Teacher’s Age Discrimination Case May Not Be Barred By “Ministerial Exception” - Atkins v. St. Cecilia Catholic Sch., 2023 WL 3142316 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023) - Frances Atkins was a long-term employee of St. Cecilia...more
A California Court of Appeals recently addressed challenges to Proposition 22, the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act, and concluded that it will largely remain in effect, at least for now. Background: Whether...more
Uber, Lyft, and other app-based transportation companies suffered a blow on August 20, 2021, when Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that California’s Proposition 22 violates the state’s constitution and is...more
Since its introduction on September 18, 2019, Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) has caused confusion and controversy, and has sparked fervent opposition across California, as it codifies the common law “ABC Test” used for determining...more
The legal issues underlying “worker misclassification” claims are hardly new. Worker wage claims asserting misclassification of a worker’s status under state and federal law have been around for decades. Similarly, state...more
On Monday August 10, 2020, Judge Ethan Schulman of the California Superior Court issued an injunction against Uber and Lyft ordering them to classify drivers as employees and not as independent contractors. The order follows...more