February 08, 2023
Dog care app A Place For Rover said Tuesday it will pay $18 million to resolve claims by thousands of providers who allege they were misclassified as independent contractors, mooting their already-argued Ninth Circuit appeal of a California federal judge's order finding the app was not a service provider with employees.
October 20, 2022
The Ninth Circuit will likely not weigh in on whether dog-walking app-maker A Place For Rover Inc. misclassifies dog walkers as independent contractors after the company and a worker announced they reached a settlement to their dispute.
November 29, 2021
In the year since California voters exempted some industries from a state law that presumes workers are employees, an appellate ruling that the ballot initiative neutralized has nevertheless given courts guidance. Here, Law360 reviews five cases where the appeals court’s precedent has made an impact.