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Federal Court Shields Lyft from Liability in Driver Altercation, Citing Independent Contractor Status

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Hollins v. Lyft, Inc., 2025 WL 915412 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 12, 2025) - The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of Lyft in a personal injury claim stemming from an...more

Sands Anderson PC

Garbage Collector Loses Sovereign Immunity Because Accident Happened During Mere “Normal Driving”

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Picking up trash is one of those unglamorous but essential government functions that we take for granted right up until a couple pick-ups in a row are missed.  In those moments we all learn just how essential it is that the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Supreme Court: Workers Who Transport Goods Are Exempt from FAA, Regardless of Industry

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The U.S. Supreme Court on April 12, 2024, decided Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC. The central issue revolved around the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and its applicability to workers engaged in interstate...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Eleventh Circuit Approves Employer's Extended Leave Requirement Following Suicide Attempt

We occasionally receive questions from employers about employees who have threatened or even attempted suicide. While these issues first involve making sure that the employee is safe and receiving appropriate care, questions...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

L’arrêt « Uber » : nouveau coup dur pour les plateformes

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Dans un arrêt du 4 mars 2020 (n° 19-13.316), voué à une large publication, la Cour de cassation reconnaît le statut de salarié à un chauffeur Uber. Un peu plus d’un an après l’arrêt Take Eat Easy (Cass. soc. 28 novembre...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Court to Consider Whether California Ride Share Drivers Who Make Airport Runs Are Exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act

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On November 26, 2019, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) might not apply to Uber drivers who are engaged in interstate commerce while driving passengers to or...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

But We Tried to Do It Right! Stand-Alone Misclassification of Independent Contractor May Not Be a Violation

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued another pro-employer decision, resolving an issue at the forefront of employment law, independent contractor classification. In Velox Express, Inc. and Jeannie Edge,...more

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InterConnect FLASH! No. 72 - Predicting ABC Outcomes is not That Easy: A Tale of Two States

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In November, we documented a number of 2018 independent contractor-related developments in New Jersey since Democratic Governor Phil Murphy’s inauguration in January, one of which was the filing by the NJDOL in August of an...more

Fisher Phillips

Sacré Bleu! French Court of Appeals Rules that Uber Driver Had an“Employment Contract”

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Last week, the French Court of Appeals dealt another blow to global gig businesses, ruling that the agreement between Uber and a former driver was “an employment contract,” because the former driver was “dependent” on Uber...more

Fisher Phillips

Rideshare and Chill? Lyft Introducing a Spotify/Netflix-Inspired Subscription Service

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In many of the U.S.’s most congested cities, ridesharing is a way of life because owning a car is expensive and inconvenient. Among frequent riders, many use Uber and Lyft apps interchangeably depending on driver availability...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Drivers on the Go Say No to Arbitration in Wage Lawsuit - Labor & Employment Newsletter

Arbitration provisions in employment contracts are not unusual. So when GrubHub, a fast-food delivery service, was sued by drivers for violating wage laws it filed a motion to enforce the arbitration clause in its service...more

Fisher Phillips

Other Shoe Drops: Court Hands Uber Massive Class Action Win After SCOTUS Victory

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It was just a matter of time. After the Supreme Court cleared the way for businesses to use class waivers with their employees and contractors with the Epic Systems ruling this past May, many observers expected that the...more

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