California AG and state's largest cities sue Uber, Lyft

Waving the gig worker law as a legal club, the California Attorney General and city attorneys from the state’s three largest cities sued Uber and Lyft on Tuesday, claiming the two ride-hailing companies violating AB-5 and demanding they reclassify their independent contractor drivers as employees. The lawsuit seeks unspecified restitution for workers, a permanent halt to the misclassification of drivers and civil penalties that could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.    The legal drama…