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Husch Blackwell LLP

California, Ride-Hailing Companies Collide In Court: Implications And Next Steps

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Uber, Lyft, and other app-based transportation companies suffered a blow on August 20, 2021, when Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that California’s Proposition 22 violates the state’s constitution and is...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Which Are They? Independent Contractors Or Employees? Navigating The Conflicts Between State And Federal Law

UberX and UberBLACK Drivers Are Not Employees for Purposes of the NLRA - According to the NLRB General Counsel’s Division of Advice (GC), Uber’s UberX and UberBLACK drivers are independent contractors exempt from the...more

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Seattle Ordinance Giving Drivers Right To Collectively Bargain Not Preempted By NLRA

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A landmark law giving drivers of app-based transportation companies, such as Uber and Lyft, the right to collectively bargain is not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, a three-member panel of the Ninth Circuit...more

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Seattle Ordinance Allowing Ride-Sharing Drivers To Unionize Temporarily Blocked By Ninth Circuit

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked enforcement of the City of Seattle’s Ordinance 124968, which grants certain collective bargaining rights to independent contractors who drive for ride-sharing...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Executive Labor Summary - September / October 2016

NEWS & ANALYSIS - Class arbitration cases continue to stack up at Supreme Court. The National Labor Relations Board on September 9 petitioned the Court for certiorari in NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. The lower court...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Uber Complicated? State and Local Labor Law May Fill in Federal Gaps

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Last week, Seattle passed a historic law that would allow Uber drivers – whom Uber has steadfastly maintained are independent contractors despite legal challenges – to organize, form a union, and bargain over the terms and...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Seattle City Council Passes Union Legislative Over Mayor’s Objections

On December 14, 2015, the Seattle City Council passed a highly controversial bill purporting to allow individuals who drive for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize. The law would further permit...more

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