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Artificial Intelligence Industry Targeted for Independent Contractor Misclassification Lawsuits: May 2025 IC Legal News Update

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Five months ago, we reported about a class action lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) company that engages workers to perform data labeling and content creation and classifies them as independent contractors (ICs)...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to California's Independent Contractor Law

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In a brief one-line order, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the California Trucking Association’s petition to review a lower court ruling holding that federal law does not preempt California’s independent contractor law.  The...more

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The Ninth Circuit Reverses AB5 Injunction

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in California Trucking Association v. Bonta, has reversed the preliminary injunction staying enforcement of AB 5 (now Labor Code § 2775). ...more

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Web Exclusive: January 2020: 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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Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Uber Lawsuit Arguing that California’s AB 5 is Unconstitutional; Other Challenges Continue

- A California district court has denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by Uber and Postmates challenging the constitutionality of California’s new worker classification law, Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), finding...more

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Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Enforcement of California’s Controversial New Independent Contractor...

As we have written here, the day before California’s controversial AB 5 was set to go into effect, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the law as to...more

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State Enforcement of AB 5 Against Motor Carriers Preliminarily Enjoined

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the State of California from enforcing AB 5 against motor carriers. The court provided a fulsome analysis demonstrating that the Federal...more

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California Truckers Get Biggest Misclassification Win Yet; Gig Economy Companies Await Their Fate

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The federal court that had granted a temporary restraining order on New Year’s Eve blocking California’s misclassification law from taking effect against the trucking industry just extended that ruling by granting a...more

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California State Court Agrees With Motor Carriers’ Preemption Challenge To AB 5

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On the heels of last week’s federal court order temporarily blocking enforcement of AB 5 by the State of California, a California state court in Los Angeles reached the same conclusion, finding the Federal...more

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California State Court Judge Rules That Controversial New Independent Contractor Law Does Not Apply to Independent Truckers

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Following the challenges to AB 5, California’s controversial new independent contractor law, can be a difficult endeavor. Every day seems to bring a new development....more

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Trucking association files lawsuit protesting California gig economy law

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 23 (December 12, 2019) - On November 12, 2019, the California Trucking Association filed a suit challenging the sweeping new law, on the grounds that such a law would deprive...more

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California Trucking Association Mounts Challenge to “ABC” Test

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As businesses throughout the State of California continue to grapple with the potential implications of AB5, a new law designed to make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, the...more

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Truckers Seek To Toss California’s New Gig Economy Law

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We’re now just a few weeks away from the nation’s most stringent independent contractor misclassification law taking effect in California. But if a group of truck drivers have their way, the law will stall out before it ever...more

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