Gig economy worker classification has become a major political issue, and the California Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County in favor of a delivery driver appeared to have generated a key turning point in the controversy. While the ruling created a more favorable threshold for independent contractors seeking to be reclassified as employees, this article will argue that the Dynamex decision was largely made possible by idiosyncrasies of the California legal system and that labor advocates’ hopes of similar changes at the federal level will likely require Congressional action.
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As Michael Scott once learned, screaming “I declare bankruptcy!” into the void does not resolve a solvency problem. Yet a series of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases has revealed ambiguities in bankruptcy procedure within the American legal system. The core issue lies in the organizational difference between U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and other federal courts.
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A major reappraisal of the U.S.-China trade relationship may have begun in the supplements aisle of your local health food store. The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Animal Science Products Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. 138 S. Ct. 1865 (2018) settled an international dispute spanning more than a decade over the sale of vitamin C supplements and the procedures for interpreting foreign law in U.S. federal courts.
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