Labor/Employment,
Appellate Practice
Oct. 21, 2019
Appellate writs may be best route to clarifying AB 5 ambiguities early on
There are a number of major ambiguities in AB 5 that suggest litigation will be complex and may require, at least in early days, extensive writ and appellate practice. Here are seven that litigators may wish to think about:
Sharon Baumgold
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
Email: Sharon.Baumgold@calapplaw.com
Sharon spent nearly four decades as a lead writ attorney in the 2nd District of the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. Find out more about Sharon and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com.
As anyone who reads the Daily Journal -- or virtually any newspaper -- knows, California recently enacted a new law that dramatically upends the independent contractor model that has driven the gig economy and many other types of business for a decade or more. Extensive litigation over the statute, Assembly Bill 5, lies ahead. Many if not all issues pertaining to the scope and effect of AB 5 will be brand-new. Litigators wrestling with them for...
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