January 01, 2024
Food and beverage attorneys have no shortage of interesting litigation to follow in 2024, from Starbucks' sprawling fight with employees who are determined to organize, to claims over heavy metals and "forever chemicals" contaminating food, and McDonald's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of no-poach clauses in franchisee agreements.
August 26, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge on Friday denied Starbucks' bid to pause an injunction order requiring the coffee chain to reinstate seven fired workers in Memphis as it awaits a decision on its appeal, saying the company's arguments contradict evidence in the case.
August 23, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge said at a hearing Tuesday she'll rule this week on Starbucks' bid to pause an order to reinstate seven fired union backers at a Memphis store, rejecting the company's request to wait to get the ball rolling until after she rules.
August 22, 2022
Starbucks requested that a Tennessee federal judge press pause on her order mandating that the coffee chain reinstate seven fired workers in Memphis while the company waits for a ruling on its appeal, arguing that the company is being forced to rehire "antagonistic" employees.
August 18, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge ordered Starbucks on Thursday to reinstate seven fired workers at a Memphis cafe and stop discarding pro-union flyers in the store, granting National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' temporary injunction bid to ameliorate the coffee chain's alleged unfair labor practices.
June 27, 2022
Starbucks' firings of workers known as the Memphis 7 did not have a detrimental impact on unionization efforts nationwide, as Workers United has organized at more than 300 shops, the coffee chain told a Tennessee federal court.
June 22, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge allowed Starbucks to reopen the record Wednesday in the National Labor Relations Board's case over the coffee chain's firings of seven workers in Memphis, saying the company could submit a bargaining demand from the workers as evidence.
June 08, 2022
Starbucks urged a Tennessee federal judge Wednesday to disregard testimony from a Workers United consultant that National Labor Relations Board attorneys presented in their bid for an injunction to reinstate fired workers known as the Memphis 7, saying the adviser's comments are "lay opinion."
June 06, 2022
Starbucks told a Tennessee federal judge to deny NLRB prosecutors' bid for an injunction to reinstate a group of fired workers known as the Memphis 7, arguing that the company legally terminated the workers for violating its policies when they allowed members of the media to enter a store after-hours.
June 02, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge granted a request Thursday to allow the National Labor Relations Board to submit additional evidence into its suit seeking the immediate reinstatement of seven Starbucks employees who were allegedly fired for supporting a unionization effort at a Memphis store.