Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 22, 2020
Judge dismisses AB 5 constitutionality challenge by Uber and Lyft
“This litigation was asking for a departure from precedent that’s been settled since the 1930s, and nobody expected it to prevail,” said U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee.
A federal judge dismissed claims by Uber and Postmates that Assembly Bill 5 unconstitutionally targets gig economy companies months after the same judge rejected the companies' motion for a preliminary injunction against the law.
"Plaintiffs have not sufficiently alleged that legislators' concerns are motivated solely by animus or that, even if plaintiffs are a 'politically unpopular group,' AB 5's failure to exempt them 'serves no ...
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