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 »
On September 18, 2019, California governor Gavin Newson signed into law a new piece of workers’ rights legislation- Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). This new law could potentially reclassify millions of independent contractors and… Read more »
Our law firm has filed numerous arbitrations against DoorDash on behalf DoorDash workers. We filed these with American Arbitration Association (AAA), as required by DoorDash’s “Independent Contractor” agreement. But DoorDash suddenly switched arbitration companies… Read more »
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit against Doordash on November 19, 2019, alleging that the company engaged in “deceptive” practices of pocketing workers tips. According to the complaint, tips were largely… Read more »
In late 2019, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a bill designed to ensure that all workers are paid fairly, by preventing companies from inappropriately classifying their workers as independent contractors. … Read more »
New Jersey fined Uber nearly $650 million for unpaid taxes that Uber tried to avoid by classifying it’s workers as independent contractors, the NY Times reports. The gig economy companies, such as Uber,… Read more »
On November 12, 2019, Gibbs Law Group attorney, Jeff Kosbie, received the Minority Bar Coalition (MBC) Unity Award for his work as Co-Chair of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF). The award… Read more »
Gibbs Law Group partner Andre Mura will present and serves as a course advisor for the upcoming American Association for Justice (AAJ) two-day seminar on “Overcoming Obstructive Discovery.” The seminar, which will take… Read more »
