About Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance Legal Blog

This legal blog is written and published by Richard Reibstein, a shareholder of Littler Mendelson P.C. effective July 1, 2026. Mr. Reibstein advises businesses and organizations throughout the country from his firm’s offices in New York and New Jersey. The blog’s managing editor is Janet Barsky, a senior counsel with Littler Mendelson P.C. effective July 1, 2026. Ms. Barsky is resident in the firm’s New York office.

Ever since it was launched in 2010, this has been the only legal blog in the country devoted solely to writing and publishing original content on the subject of independent contractor compliance and misclassification.

What types of blog posts are provided?  

This blog is designed principally for informational and educational purposes. Each blog post contains a comprehensive analysis of one or more legal developments in this niche area of the law and provides the reader with one or more takeaways. Oftentimes, this blog is the “first out of the box” to report key legal developments such as groundbreaking court decisions and settlements, newly-enacted legislation, and proposed and final administrative regulations and rule-making. The blog includes a monthly update of judicial, administrative, and legislative developments affecting businesses that use independent contractors as part of their business model.

What issues does the Blog cover?

This blog addresses issues related to the defense of misclassification claims and class actions as well as audits and investigations by federal and state tax and workforce agencies dealing with wages, taxes, unemployment, and workers compensation, and is also dedicated to providing information to assist companies in enhancing their compliance with federal and state labor, tax, benefits, and other laws impacting the use of independent contractors and individuals paid on a 1099 basis. Comments from readers about this blog or individual blog posts are invited.

What resources does the Blog offer? 

The blog contains a set of Resources including a list of over 65 articles authored by the publisher and references to each of the over 140 quotes of the publisher in legal and business publications, including the New York Law Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Law360.

The Resources section include a description of IC Diagnostics®, a proprietary process for enhancing compliance with federal and state independent contractors laws by restructuring, re-documenting, and/or reimplementing independent contractor relationships in a customized and sustainable manner.  Companies have chosen to use IC Diagnostics® to minimize exposure to misclassification liability as well as a resource to defend misclassification lawsuits and investigations.

Authorship, Ownership and Copyrights

All of the content of the blog posts in this legal blog has been written by Richard Reibstein, the owner of this URL and this website.  All content written by Richard Reibstein is owned and copyrighted by him as the author, who has the sole right to permit reprinting and republication only with advance written permission of the author.

You can reach the publisher at RReibstein@littler.com or on his mobile phone 646.877.9140.