A federal judge halted California’s attempt to regulate trucking companies’ use of independent drivers under the state’s new “gig economy” law, extending a temporary bar on enforcement of the measure while an industry challenge plays out in court.
“This is a major win for the trucking industry,” said transportation lawyer Ronald Leibman, a partner at McCarter & English LLP who represents trucking companies, brokers and shippers and who isn’t involved in the California case.