August 29, 2022
A Seventh Circuit ruling that found an independent contractor agreement's choice of law provision irrelevant to delivery drivers' misclassification suit shows that companies should be careful with how much faith they put in such clauses, attorneys told Law360.
August 18, 2022
The Seventh Circuit ruled that choice-of-law provisions in a service agreement between a delivery logistics firm and its drivers had no bearing on whether delivery drivers could allege they were misclassified as independent contractors under Illinois state law, and revived their claims of illegally deducted wages.
June 01, 2022
The Seventh Circuit said Wednesday that diversity jurisdiction seemed absent from a group of delivery drivers' wage dispute against Virginia-based Diakon Logistics and ordered the parties to submit more briefs on the issue before it reviews the case's merits.