Calif. court opinion goes in favor of A.B. 5 applying to trucking
While a larger trucking case against California’s A.B. 5 law s application to motor carriers and owner-operators is still unfolding in a federal district court, a second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt a law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state.
Trucking has been operating under an exemption from A.B. 5 since the beginning of 2020, when the law went into effect. A lawsuit by the California Trucking Associations against A.B. 5 is still in progress, and an injunction is in place until that lawsuit plays out.
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Dec. 15, 2020
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