April 15, 2024
A pair of California trucking industry groups and two drivers signaled they want the Ninth Circuit to undo a lower court's rejection of their challenge to the state's independent contractor classification law, known as A.B. 5.
March 15, 2024
A California federal judge Friday rejected a renewed bid by trucking groups to block enforcement of Assembly Bill 5, which presumes most workers are employees with few exceptions, saying any tinkering of "perceived deficiencies" is "better left to the soap box and the ballot box."
November 03, 2023
In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments before the California Supreme Court in a wage and hour case that could shape the future of the state's Private Attorneys General Act. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
June 20, 2023
A trade group representing truck owners and operators in California urged a federal court to enjoin the state from enforcing Assembly Bill 5, which presumes most workers are employees with few exceptions, arguing it will be detrimental to their business model as well as the country's supply chain.
May 22, 2023
A trucking industry association took a third stab at its suit in California federal court challenging Assembly Bill 5, saying the law violates the Constitution by forcing certain drivers to become employees while leaving others to the freedom of being independent contractors.
January 12, 2023
A trucking industry association urged a California federal court for the second time to block enforcement of a state statute that would compel companies to reclassify truckers as full employees instead of independent operators.
January 02, 2023
A high court fight that could reshape where companies can be sued, a criminal trial with implications for the autonomous vehicle industry, and ride-hailing drivers' efforts to gain employee status are among the cases that transportation attorneys are watching closely in 2023.
September 22, 2022
A trucking trade association will be able to intervene in a lawsuit challenging California's Assembly Bill 5, a California federal judge ruled in an order docketed Thursday, saying that the law could impact the group's members the most.
September 19, 2022
A trucking trade association cannot intervene in a lawsuit challenging the applicability of California's Assembly Bill 5, the state's attorney general told a federal court, saying that the bid to step into the suit is too late.
December 18, 2020
Appellate courts handed down mixed rulings this year on whether gig-economy drivers are exempt from arbitration, and California courts issued decisions narrowing the scope of the federal government's preemption of certain regulations for airline and trucking workers. Here’s a look at some of the biggest rulings that impacted the transportation sector in 2020.