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The Legal Landscape of Independent Contractor Misclassification May Be About to Change: March 2025 IC Legal News Update

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/15/2025

The most significant development last month in the law of independent contractors was not one of the four cases we summarize below but rather a bill passed by the New York Senate. ...more

Judge OK’s $8.75 Million Postmates Settlement

Fisher Phillips on 9/15/2017

A federal judge in California recently gave his blessing to an $8.75 million settlement in the ongoing litigation by delivery drivers against the food courier service, Postmates. In the class action suit, which was filed in...more

August 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 9/9/2017

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 each month in 2017. August was no...more

Court Says Uber Drivers Can Proceed With National Misclassification Class Action

Fisher Phillips on 7/19/2017

A federal court judge in North Carolina last week granted permission to a group of Uber drivers challenging the company’s classification structure to band together and proceed with a class action lawsuit against the...more

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The Legal Landscape of Independent Contractor Misclassification May Be About to Change: March 2025 IC Legal News Update

Judge OK’s $8.75 Million Postmates Settlement

August 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Court Says Uber Drivers Can Proceed With National Misclassification Class Action

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