On January 1, 2020, a new workers’ rights law went into effect in California that requires companies such as DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft to give their drivers the pay, tips, rights, and protections… Read more »
Right as DoorDash is facing thousands of arbitration claims from drivers who say they’re being misclassified as contractors rather than employees, the company suddenly dropped its arbitration provider, the American Arbitration Association (AAA).… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group attorney Jeff Kosbie presented on February 28, 2020 at the annual symposium for the William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice. The Journal’s 2020 Symposium, “First Amendment… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group partner Andre Mura, along with Project on Government Oversight director Sarah Turberville, filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Congress to subpoena the President’s private financial… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group attorneys Andre Mura and David Berger will be speaking on panels on March 4, 2020 at the Class Action Law Forum 2020, presented by Western Alliance Bank and University of… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group attorneys Amanda Karl and Jeff Kosbie will present a webinar on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 on employment litigation with insights from their experience representing employees in a variety of complex… Read more »
Uber is testing another major overhaul to its application in response to California’s new AB5 law. Uber announced it is testing this new feature in three California cities: letting drivers set their own… Read more »
One week after California passed AB5, a new worker rights law, Uber overhauled its mobile application, but only for its California drivers and customers. A Washington Post article links these changes to a… Read more »
We are thrilled to announce that Gibbs Law Group’s class action practice was awarded 2019 “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360. This prestigious award honors “the law firms behind the litigation wins… Read more »
The passage of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) signals a major victory for independent contractors and gig-economy workers across California. The law restricts when companies can classify workers as independent contractors. Signed by Governor… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group attorney Karen Barth Menzies published an article in the January 2020 issue of Trial Magazine, an American Association for Justice publication. Karen’s article, entitled “Prepping for the Prescriber Deposition,” includes… Read more »
Creating and using a new DoorDash account after Jan. 1st may allow Dashers to preserve their rights to sue in court and participate in a class action under a new California law. Going… Read more »
DoorDash drivers are increasingly worried about the company’s new payment model, which will finish rolling out by January 2020, according to Gizmodo. Their concerns focus on the company’s removal of the “total earnings”… Read more »
A new federal lawsuit has been filed, accusing GPB Capital Holdings of operating a $1.8 Billion Ponzi scheme. According to the Portland Press Herald, the lawsuit claims that GPB has been paying investors… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group attorney Andre Mura presented on December 9-10, 2019 at the “Practising Law Institute- 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute.” The seminar brought together faculty representing a wide range of perspectives,… Read more »
Three women have revealed their identities and spoken out on the TODAY Show about the sexual abuse they claim to have endured as patients of Dr. James Heaps. Dr. Heaps, an OB-GYN who… Read more »
The UCLA Title IX office recently finalized a report concluding that Dr. James Heaps‘ behavior constituted sexual assault and harassment, according to UCLA’s newspaper, the Daily Bruin. The report comes from the Title… Read more »
After missing its September 30, 2019 deadline, GPB informed investors that it should have its audited financial statements ready for release by December 31st. But GPB Capital has now stated that it will… Read more »
Dashers have 30 days from when they click “Agree” to DoorDash’s new form contract to opt out of arbitration and preserve their right to go to court and participate in a class action.… Read more »
In October 2019, a judge in California approved the payment of $12 million for a class action lawsuit against Safeway on behalf of checkout clerks, who argued that Safeway was violating state law… Read more »
