The Supreme Court today denied review in People v. Uber Technologies, Inc., where the First District, Division Four, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion, affirmed a preliminary injunction barring Uber and Lyft from classifying their drivers as independent contractors.
When it denied rehearing, the appellate court stated Uber and Lyft retained the “right to file a motion in the trial court to vacate the injunction in light of new circumstances,” the new circumstances being the November voter approval of Proposition 22, an initiative heavily financed by Uber and Lyft that classifies app-based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
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