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Changes Coming for Minnesota Rideshare Employees

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The gig economy has had a substantial impact on employment nationwide, and Minnesota is no different. Minneapolis in particular has been a hotbed for disputes between rideshare companies and local lawmakers trying to increase...more

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Uber Drivers Cannot Bring Class Action for Employment Claims

In a matter of first impression, a panel for the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment of the District Court of New Jersey in Singh v. Uber Techs., Inc. (April 26, 2023), compelling arbitration in a...more

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California Court Of Appeal Holds That App-Based Driver And Delivery Businesses Can Properly Classify Workers As Independent...

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On March 13, 2023, in Castellanos v. State of California, the California Court of Appeal handed down a pink unicorn decision in favor of app-based driver and delivery businesses that permits them to properly classify workers...more

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Can $100,000,000 Be A Good Deal– Ask Uber!

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Uber just settled its New Jersey UI audit on independent contractor assessment for $100,000,000, down from an original sum much greater. Pretty good considering that misclassification is a heavy focus of the NJ Department of...more

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The Battle Continues: Prop 22 Struck Down, AB 5 Appealed

The long-running battle over the classification of workers as independent contractors or employees in California continues, with a trial court judge striking down Proposition 22 and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to...more

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Proposition 22 Challenged in Oakland State Court

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Last November, California voters convincingly (almost 60% supporting) enacted Proposition 22.  This Proposition was a well-funded effort that allows gig drivers working for companies like Uber, Lyft and Doordash to avoid the...more

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Driving in Reverse? Uber/Lyft Drivers Seek to Undo California's Proposition 22

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Note to Readers: In this two part-series, we will discuss major developments in California’s gig economy landscape this week. Part 1 discusses a lawsuit filed by Uber and Lyft drivers challenging the constitutionality of Prop...more

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App Companies Victorious in Prop 22 Fight

On November 4, 2020, Uber, Lyft and Door Dash secured a victory in their expensive campaign to categorize app-based drivers as independent contractors. 55% of California voters voted in favor of Proposition 22, which means...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Ride-Sharing Companies Drive Home Victory With Ballot Measure

The battle over how to label workers in the gig economy continues in California, with voters approving a new measure exempting ride-sharing companies from a state law declaring drivers to be employees. Proposition 22...more

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California Voters Pass Proposition 22, Changing How App-Based Drivers Are Classified

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On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 22, a ballot measure that classifies certain app-based rideshare and delivery drivers as independent contractors. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.12.2020 | Top Story: CA Prop 22 Success Drives Uber & Lyft to Push Similar Measures Elsewhere

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No dispute about this—election day was good for Uber, Lyft, and other businesses in California dependent on the gig economy, thanks to passage of Prop. 22, the ballot measure that exempts such companies from “having to treat...more

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Passage of Proposition 22 Provides Independent Contractor Exemption for Uber, Lyft, and Other Online-Based Transportation...

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On November 3, 2020, California voters passed the long-awaited Proposition 22, which exempts online-based transportation businesses from having to re-classify transportation drivers as employees....more

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California Appellate Court Affirms Preliminary Injunction Requiring Uber and Lyft to Reclassify California Drivers as Employees

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On October 22, 2020, a California appellate court affirmed a preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to reclassify California drivers from independent contractors to employees and to comply with the California Labor...more

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The End of the Beginning, or the Beginning of the End?

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On August 10, 2020, a California judge ordered Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft Inc., to reclassify their drivers from independent contractors to employees by August 20, 2020. The ruling is the opening salvo in the litigation...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.30.2020 | Top Story: JPMorgan Reaches $920M Settlement with Feds Over Spoofing Allegations

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Under the terms of a deal with the DOJ announced this week, JPMorgan will pay $920 million and sign on to a deferred prosecution agreement “to resolve charges that it had manipulated markets for U.S. government bonds and...more

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Uber and Lyft Drivers are Employees in California

In September 2019, the California legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, Assembly Bill 5 (“AB5”), which established a more stringent test for classifying workers as independent contractors. This...more

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“Oh, We Were Just Leaving!”: California Court Halts Order Requiring Uber and Lyft to Reclassify Drivers

Last week, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft, Inc. announced that they would suspend ridesharing operations in the State of California in response to an August 10, 2020 San Francisco Superior Court judge’s preliminary...more

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Appellate Court Grants Uber and Lyft Temporary Relief from Re-Classifying Drivers as Employees

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On August 13, 2020, we reported on the San Francisco Superior Court’s granting of a preliminary injunction ordering Uber and Lyft to re-classify their California drivers from independent contractors to employees and to comply...more

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Californians May Have to Live Without Ride Share Services During Appeal of Temporary Restraining Order

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To some, it may feel like it was a lifetime ago when ride share companies did not even exist. In those seemingly long-ago days, people relied upon friends to drive them to or from the airport, or assigned designated drivers...more

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California Files Lawsuit Against Uber and Lyft For Misclassifying Drivers

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Introduction: On May 5, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court against Uber and Lyft for allegedly...more

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California Attorney General’s Misclassification Suit Against Ride Share Companies Sets the Stage for a November Showdown

For those of you who may have been wondering whether the California Attorney General’s office was still open during the statewide stay-at-home order triggered by the coronavirus, the answer is yes – as evidenced by a...more

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Federal Judge Denies Ride Share and Delivery Companies’ Request for Preliminary Injunction to Enjoin Enforcement of California’s...

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As we recently wrote here, Uber and Postmates (and two of their drivers) to file an eleventh-hour lawsuit seeking to enjoin the enforcement of California’s controversial new independent contractor law – known as AB 5 –...more

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Gig Economy Prompts New California Worker Misclassification Law

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California has some of the most extensive employee protections in the country. California law requires paid leave, paid rest breaks and permits employees to sue for wrongful termination in violation of public policy. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Which Are They? Independent Contractors Or Employees? Navigating The Conflicts Between State And Federal Law

UberX and UberBLACK Drivers Are Not Employees for Purposes of the NLRA - According to the NLRB General Counsel’s Division of Advice (GC), Uber’s UberX and UberBLACK drivers are independent contractors exempt from the...more

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March 2019: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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