November 18, 2021
Uber, Postmates and two drivers for the companies have urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court decision finding a California worker classification law is constitutional, saying the law unfairly forces app-based transportation drivers to be classified as employees.
December 09, 2020
California voters' decision to carve Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. out from Assembly Bill 5 by passing Proposition 22 does not moot their suit arguing that the law is unconstitutional, because the government is still seeking to hold them accountable for past violations, the companies argued in a brief in the Ninth Circuit.
November 18, 2020
A Ninth Circuit panel questioned Wednesday whether Uber and Postmates are tilting at windmills by asking for an injunction blocking A.B. 5, a California law making it harder for workers to be classified as independent contractors, since Golden State voters just approved Proposition 22 exempting them from the law's worker-classification test.
May 08, 2020
Uber and Postmates asked the Ninth Circuit Thursday for an injunction barring the state of California from enforcing a law that heightens the standard for legally classifying Golden State workers as independent contractors, saying gig economy businesses would be thrown into chaos if forced to comply.