Am. Soc’y of Journalists & Authors, Inc. v. Bonta, No. 20-55734, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 30020 (9th Cir. Oct. 6, 2021)
AB 5 and its amended version Lab. Code 2778 et seq. does not violate the First or Fourteenth Amendments in its application to freelance journalists and others who supply creative content to newspapers, films and other media. The regulation does not single out those engaged in speech for harsher treatment. The exemption for some freelancers may not be as broad… Read More