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California’s new labor law and its impact on publishers, authors, and freelancers, with guest Jonathan Kirsch

December 19, 2019 Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) 00:32:41

Links

Wikipedia on California Assembly Bill 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly_Bill_5_(2019)

Text of California Assembly Bill 5 (see tabs for history, amendments, voting, analysis)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5

Publishers Weekly news article on AB5
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81992-publishers-brace-for-california-labor-law-changes.html

December 17 news article on California freelancers filing suit against AB5
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/ab5-california-freelance-journalists-lawsuit/

Participants

Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness in publishing industry disputes, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, and a lecturer and consultant on publishing matters. He has long served as general counsel to IBPA, which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for special achievement in publishing. He is the author of 13 books, including Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law and Kirsch’s Guide to the Book Contract.

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

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