April 09, 2025
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of a renewed challenge to California's A.B. 5 independent contractor test bought by a trucking association, telling an attorney his client's previous arguments were "better before" and the new ones may just be "more nails in the coffin."
April 08, 2025
A Ninth Circuit panel is set to hear arguments Wednesday in likely the last ongoing high-profile challenge to California's Assembly Bill 5, leaving a potential path to striking down the independent contractor classification law's application to the trucking industry.
April 04, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a challenge to California's independent contractor classification law by trucking industry groups and two drivers, a case that previously went before the appeals court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
August 06, 2024
A trade association representing small trucking businesses told the Ninth Circuit that California's classification test in Assembly Bill 5 will obliterate the lease owner-operator system, urging the panel to flip a federal court's decision keeping the law running.