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9th Circuit Lifts Stay on Labor Law Classifying Truck Drivers as Employees A federal appellate court on April 28 reversed a ruling that prevented California from enforcing a new labor law that trucking companies contend will force them to discontinue the use of independent owner-operators and classify all drivers as employees. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that a federal judge in San Diego abused his discretion by issuing an injunction that prevented the s...

A federal appellate court on Wednesday reversed a ruling that prevented California from enforcing a new labor law that trucking companies contend will

(CN) — Upholding California’s historic labor law Assembly Bill 5 on Wednesday, a Ninth Circuit panel found the law is not preempted by federal laws governing the trucking industry and ordered carriers previously offered a reprieve by a federal judge to begin complying with the law. Reversing the district court’s preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of California’s labor classification law for employees and independent contractors, U.S. Circuit Judge Sandra S. Ikuta — a George W...

Real Estate Insider: Lead Lafayette West developer bows out of project, others take over Other investors take the helm for long-delayed effort to build hundreds of residential units None of the 1,200-plus residential units included in those projects have yet been built Kirk Pinho/Crains Detroit Business The site of the proposed Lafayette West development on Friday, Feb. 26. I drive by the Lafayette West development site in Detroit multiple times a week, a generally ho-hum facet of my day. On F...

Ninth Circuit to Nevada: You can’t treat churches worse than casinos Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ruled that a church is entitled to preliminary relief against an order by Nevada’s governor that treats the church worse in terms of coronavirus restrictions than numerous secular entities such as casinos, bowling alleys, retail restaurants, and arcades. The decision, by a panel of the court, was unanimous. The church, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, had been losing on this iss...