The ride-sharing service Uber and the courier services company Postmates have filed a lawsuit to keep California’s AB-5 from going into effect. The complaint says that the legislation is “irrational and unconstitutional statute designed to target and stifle workers and companies in the on-demand economy.” The impact on contractors “irreparably harms network companies and app-based independent service providers by denying their constitutional rights to be treated the same as others to whom they are similarly situated.”

As I noted last week, this legislation is very bad news for freelance writers in California. Hopefully the courts will strike it down.