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Last-minute California ruling means Uber and Lyft won't shut down today:
A California judge has granted Uber and Lyft an emergency reprieve from an order requiring them to treat their drivers as employees. The companies were facing a Thursday deadline to comply with the order. Earlier today, Lyft announced that it would be forced to shut down in the state at midnight tonight.
[...] Uber had warned that it was likely to do the same if the courts didn't delay enforcement of the law.
[...] The judge's emergency stay means that Lyft and Uber will be able to keep operating under their current model while they continue litigating whether the new law applies to them.
Previously:
California Judge Rules Uber and Lyft to Immediately Classify Drivers as Employees
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday August 21 2020, @02:43PM (1 child)
Uber in particular has had a history of flouting the law. Maybe they don't need to pull out.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @06:14PM
That had been working for them, but if this is the result of a court ruling, then they'd likely wind up back in court answering contempt of court charges. The one thing that universally pisses off judges is when their rulings aren't adhered to by the parties to the suit. It's one thing to appeal a decision, it's quite another thing to just ignore it.