By signing Assembly Bill 5 into law, companies operating in California will have stricter rules in how they classify contractors versus employees. Though AB5 is casually referred to as the “Uber law,” Uber insists it does not apply to its drivers. Just in case it does, Uber, Lyft, and Doordash plan to put up a combined $90 million to fight AB5. Similar moves are already being made in other states. In New Jersey, Uber got hit with a $650 million tax bill for misclassifying its drivers, and New York is “said to become the next battleground for gig worker law” according to Bloomberg Law. Many of the startups that made their billions (in funding) spent the last ten years convincing its would-be workforce they could be their own bosses - after all, they get a separate bathroom than real employees. The next years will be spent arguing the same in the court.