October 29, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday withdrew its earlier finding that Seattle's protections for app-based delivery workers don't regulate speech, replacing it with a narrower ruling that assumes the law involves speech but still passes First Amendment scrutiny.
June 08, 2026
The city of Seattle urged the Ninth Circuit not to revisit a panel decision backing its app-based worker deactivation ordinance against a First Amendment challenge from Uber and Instacart, arguing the companies are trying to turn an ordinary worker protection law into a speech case.
March 04, 2026
A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday rejected Uber and Instacart's attempt to block a Seattle law regulating deactivation of app-based worker accounts, rejecting the companies' contention that the ordinance amounts to a First Amendment violation.
July 10, 2025
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared split on Thursday while hearing Uber and Instacart's challenge to a Seattle city ordinance regulating deactivation of app-based worker accounts, with the judges seemingly at odds on whether the law forced commercial speech while still unconvinced of a First Amendment violation.