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Legal Industry Becoming a Target for Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims: November 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - December 17 2025 The first case on which we report below involves a class action lawsuit asserting independent contractor (IC) misclassification involving Lawyer.com…

New Jersey Courts May Be Limiting the Labor Commissioner’s Effort to Curtail Independent Contractors in that State: October 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - November 12 2025 This month’s legal developments include a key case decided in New Jersey that supports a less stringent application of that State’s ABC test for…

App-Based Independent Contractor Settlements Exclude Any Obligation to Reclassify: September 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - October 16 2025 The most noteworthy legal development last month in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification law was the $19 million…

Three of the Oldest Independent Contractor Misclassification Cases Are Coming to an End: August 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - September 30 2025 This past month, three of the longest-running class actions alleging independent contractor (IC) misclassification are finally ending. In all three…

Health Care Industry Under Attack for Independent Contractor Misclassification: July 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - August 13 2025 Unless you were in the health care industry, July 2025 was a relatively slow month for judicial developments in the law of independent contractor…

Comments Submitted to New Jersey’s Proposed Regulation Expanding “ABC Test for Independent Contractor Status”

USA - August 8 2025 The following comments were submitted by Richard J. Reibstein, the publisher of this legal blog, critiquing the proposed regulation of the New Jersey…

Home Improvement and Legal Services Industries Under Attack for Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims: June 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - July 11 2025 Last month, there were only a couple of legal developments in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification, but they were…

Artificial Intelligence Industry Targeted for Independent Contractor Misclassification Lawsuits: May 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - June 16 2025 Five months ago, we reported about a class action lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) company that engages workers to perform data…

Republican-Backed Congressional Proposal Seeks to Allow Companies to Offer Benefits to Independent Contractors: April 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - May 12 2025 Last month, the most significant legal development in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification was on Capitol Hill…

The Legal Landscape of Independent Contractor Misclassification May Be About to Change: March 2025 IC Legal News Update

USA - April 10 2025 The most significant development last month in the law of independent contractors was not one of the four cases we summarize below but rather a bill…