Labor/Employment,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 5, 2021
Ruling sets up worker classification test for high court review
Truckers have been described as America’s last cowboys. For more than 70 years, independent owner-operators have moved the nation’s freight. They are independent contractors who lease their services and equipment to motor carriers, transporting cargo safely and efficiently throughout the country. That historic and successful business model is now under attack.
Thomas F. Cochrane
Associate
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Phone: 213-229-7095
Email: tcochrane@gibsondunn.com
Truckers have been described as America's last cowboys. For more than 70 years, independent owner-operators have moved the nation's freight. They are independent contractors who lease their services and equipment to motor carriers, transporting cargo safely and efficiently throughout the country.
That historic and successful business model is now under attack. Even though Congress had sought to protect the independent owner-operator ...
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