Uber’s ‘Elite’ Legal Team Plays Long Game in California Courts

When he’s not taking on President Donald Trump for former national security adviser John Bolton and the president’s disaffected niece Mary Trump, First Amendment lawyer Ted Boutrous leads the go-to team for the gig economy’s biggest names in their existential battle over workers’ rights.

Uber Technologies Inc., Postmates Inc., and DoorDash Inc. are pushing a $110 million ballot initiative to overturn a California law designed to force them to treat rideshare and delivery drivers as employees. At the same time, Boutrous and his team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are trying to avoid a court ruling they say could ...