California Truckers’ Classification Fight Going to 9th Cir. (1)

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) and the Teamsters asked the Ninth Circuit to review an injunction against enforcement of California’s new worker classification law against truckers who operate as contractors.

Whether AB 5 is preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, which regulates motor carriers, will be an issue of first impression in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and could potentially end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The request for interlocutory appeal is “an expected next step” in this case, Greg Feary, president and managing partner of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary ...