March 31, 2025
A Washington federal judge agreed to oust only two of the 11 workers Amazon asked to dismiss from an 8-year-old suit accusing the company of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, saying the other nine made enough efforts to comply with discovery.
February 19, 2025
Ten former Amazon Flex delivery drivers are pushing back against the e-commerce giant's bid to disqualify them as plaintiffs in an eight-year-old collective wage action, contending they have "gone above and beyond" in their efforts to comply with the company's document demands.
February 04, 2025
Amazon is asking a Washington federal judge to oust nearly a dozen plaintiffs from a collective action accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying Amazon Flex delivery drivers as independent contractors, claiming the individuals failed to comply with a court-ordered discovery deadline last month.
January 30, 2025
Amazon didn't show how letting the Ninth Circuit mull a collective certification will speed up litigation in an 8-year-old suit accusing the company of misclassifying workers as independent contractors, a Washington federal judge ruled, denying the company's appeal bid.
December 19, 2024
A Washington federal judge largely granted Amazon's discovery request in an 8-year-old lawsuit brought by delivery drivers accusing the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the data it seeks is reasonable for its forthcoming challenge to the workers' class certification bid.
December 10, 2024
Amazon urged a Washington federal court to greenlight an appeal of an order disbursing collective notices to about 1 million delivery workers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, saying questions on tolling and arbitration deserve the Ninth Circuit's intervention.
December 02, 2024
A Washington federal judge granted conditional collective certification Monday to Amazon Flex drivers in their lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the workers sufficiently showed they're all subjected to the same policy.
November 25, 2024
Delivery drivers are still falling short of following discovery orders in an almost decade-long suit accusing Amazon of misclassifying them as independent contractors, the e-commerce giant told a Washington federal court, urging it to boot those workers from the case.
November 12, 2024
Amazon is harassing delivery drivers with an overly broad request for documents, including a decade's worth of tax returns and cellphone records, and its request should be tailored to reflect that many claims in an 8-year-old lawsuit were recently nixed, the workers told a Washington federal court.
October 25, 2024
Amazon said that 17 named plaintiffs in an eight-year suit accusing the online retail giant of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors failed to meet discovery demands, urging a Washington federal judge to order them to fulfill the requests within 10 days.