May 19, 2023
Pacific Legal Foundation has become a go-to challenger of wage and hour laws and regulations, with ongoing cases in the Tenth Circuit and Texas federal court that could potentially curb federal rulemaking on minimum wage and overtime. Law360 spoke with the firm’s Larry Salzman and Luke Wake.
June 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether a California worker classification law runs afoul of free speech protections, a case that might have led to a potential narrowing or blessing of the controversial Golden State law.
June 08, 2022
From city hall to the U.S. Supreme Court, state and local legislation affecting wage and hour law has been making its way through all three branches of government. Here, Law360 rounds up recent developments you may have missed.
May 23, 2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a Ninth Circuit ruling upholding its worker classification law, arguing that the measure doesn't restrict speech or differentiate between speakers based on their message, meaning it doesn't violate the First Amendment.
April 25, 2022
The Institute For Free Speech threw its weight behind a petition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit panel's decision affirming California's A.B. 5 worker classification law, arguing in a brief that it discriminates against political content and canvassers.
April 13, 2022
California's Assembly Bill 5 misclassifies well-established freelancers as employees, affecting their financial freedom, a group of 30 organizations and companies told the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to examine a Ninth Circuit ruling that the law doesn't affect freedom of speech.
March 29, 2022
California's Assembly Bill 5 impedes freelance journalists' First Amendment rights while tying editors' hands, a litigation nonprofit told the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to weigh in on the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the law regulates employment, not speech.
February 28, 2022
California's Assembly Bill 5 treats workers differently based on the content of their speech, violating freelancers' First Amendment rights, two journalist organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to reevaluate the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the worker classification law only regulates economic activity.