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Labor/Employment,
Administrative/Regulatory

Oct. 1, 2025

California contractor law faces 14th Amendment showdown

Vietnamese American nail salon owners and manicurists are challenging California's AB 5 law, claiming it unfairly forces nail techs into employee status while sparing other beauty professionals.

Holly Williamson

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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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Andrea Oguntula

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California contractor law faces 14th Amendment showdown
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A group of Vietnamese American-owned nail salon companies, including Happy Nails and Holly & Hudson entities,  and several individual manicurists have sued Governor Gavin Newsom and multiple state labor and licensing officials in the Central District of California, alleging California's worker-classification scheme unconstitutionally singles out nail technicians for employee treatment while allowing oth...

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