Technology,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 14, 2022
Lawmakers want to ignore voters, gig companies say
“The voters rejected AB 5 because it ‘threatened to take away the flexible work opportunities of hundreds of thousands of Californians’; yet the state continues to try to enforce AB 5 against app-based drivers. We look forward to the 9th Circuit’s consideration of our appeal,” Theane Evangelis, counsel for plaintiffs and a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, said in an email.
A group of plaintiffs headlined by Uber told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that state lawmakers are trying to circumvent the will of voters by attempting to force app-based companies to comply with the state’s gig worker law.
“AB5 is unconstitutional and against the overwhelming will of California voters,” Theane Evangelis, counsel for plaintiffs and a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, said in an email Wednesday. “The vo...
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