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- June 29, 2018
Gig-Economy Delivery Couriers are Not Employees, New York Court Rules, Reverses Unemployment Board
June 29, 2018A delivery courier fired by app-based food delivery service Postmates Inc. is an independent contractor, not an employee entitled to unemployment insurance benefits, the Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, of the New York Supreme Court, has ruled. Matter of the Claim of Luis A. Vega, No. 525233 (June 21, 2018). The case is one... Read More
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Gig-Economy Delivery Couriers are Not Employees, New York Court Rules, Reverses Unemployment Board
June 29, 2018 A delivery courier fired by app-based Postmates is an independent contractor, not an employee entitled to unemployment insurance benefits, the Third Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court has ruled. Matter of the Claim of Luis A. Vega, No. 525233 (June 21, 2018). Read More
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Supreme Court Hears Argument on Application of American Pipe Tolling Decision to Subsequent Class Actions
March 28, 2018 As discussed on our blog late last year, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to China Agritech, Inc., a fertilizer manufacturer, from the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Resh v. China Agritech, Inc., 857 F.3d 994 (9th Cir. 2017). (See our earlier post here). Read More