The Grubhub independent misclassification lawsuit, which has dominated gig economy headlines for the past year or so, has taken another interesting turn, writes Richard Meneghello of law firm Fisher Phillips LLP in a Mondaq blog post. An Uber driver from California filed an amicus brief (friend of the court) on Friday afternoon, offering his opinion about why the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should conclude that the Grubhub driver at issue was incorrectly classified as an independent contractor.