A state court judge’s ruling that a new California law making it tougher to classify workers as contractors doesn’t cover motor carriers bodes well for the trucking industry’s push to secure a preliminary injunction at a closely watched federal court hearing next week.
“I don’t think a single Los Angeles Superior Court ruling is going to be massive change,” said Ronald Leibman, a partner at McCarter & English LLP who specializes in supply chain law. “We have the federal case sitting out there, and I think that is what everyone is waiting for.”