The Sharing Economy's Next Phase: The Active Venue Firm

Law360, New York (June 30, 2015, 12:38 PM EDT) -- Instacart, a leading sharing economy platform, has committed heresy. Earlier this week, the company announced plans to reclassify some workers as employees, rather than independent contractors. If the sharing economy has a shibboleth, it is this: Platforms are not employers. Platforms such as Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and TaskRabbit are merely technological venues where exchanges occur between others....

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