California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty., E062380 (Cal. App. 2016):
In People v. Christiansen, supra, 216 Cal.App.4th 1181, the appellate court reversed the defendant's convictions of four counts of violating section 1090 on the basis that, as an independent contractor, she was not subject to the proscriptions of the statute. The court found that the term "employee" did not include an individual working as an independent contractor. (People v. Christiansen, supra, at p. 1183.)
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