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The Crucial Role of Labor and Employment Law Due Diligence in IPO Success

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As private equity leaders and their in-house counsel gear up for the anticipated surge in IPOs in 2025, the importance of thorough labor and employment law due diligence cannot be overstated. With the IPO market poised for a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.17.2021 | Top Story: Uber to Reclassify Its 70k British Drivers as “Workers”

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Uber will officially classify its British drivers, all 70,000 of them, as “workers” following a “major legal defeat” for the ride-hailing company in the British Supreme Court last month. The move entitles the drivers to “a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.12.2020 | Top Story: CA Prop 22 Success Drives Uber & Lyft to Push Similar Measures Elsewhere

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No dispute about this—election day was good for Uber, Lyft, and other businesses in California dependent on the gig economy, thanks to passage of Prop. 22, the ballot measure that exempts such companies from “having to treat...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2020 | Top Story: Uber and Lyft Warn Gig-Worker Ruling Could Push Them Out of California

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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft are warning that California’s new moves forcing them to classify their drivers as employees could force them both to shutter their operations altogether in that state (at least while they...more

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Lyft’s IPO Warns About Misclassification Risks And Local Regulations

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Lyft recently filed for an initial public offering with the hopes of raising as much as $2.1 billion. As part of its registration statement for its IPO, Lyft acknowledged the company could be negatively impacted by several...more

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