California’s independent contractor law, AB5, has been upheld unanimously by an 11-member panel of the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the second time in recent months the law has been victorious in federal courts.
The case known as Olson, after the lead named plaintiff, Uber driver Lydia Olson, was filed in 2019 by Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Postmates, a gig worker delivery company that was acquired by Uber in 2020. At its heart was the question of whether, given the numerous exemptions from...