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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Aug. 16, 2021

Uber drivers say they were employees before Prop 22

Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney with Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC who represents the class of 4,800 drivers, wants U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen to rule in her clients’ favor on summary judgment.

Uber drivers say they were employees before Prop 22
Shannon Liss-Riordan (Courtesy of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC)

A class of Uber drivers asked a federal judge in San Francisco to grant a motion declaring its California workers were employees before a voter-approved initiative went into effect last December.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney with Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC who represents the class of 4,800 drivers, wants U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen to rule in her clients' favo...

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