A panel of Ninth Circuit appeal judges rejected yesterday a First Amendment and Equal Protection challenge to California's Assembly Bill 5, a law that makes it harder for businesses to classify certain professionals — including writers, photographers and video content producers — as freelancers rather than as employees.
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), a sweeping piece of legislation that rewrites the state’s employment law to address the status of independent contractors, including dancers at strip clubs.
