June 07, 2024
An Illinois federal judge declined to narrow a prior order letting Starbucks subpoena workers to boost its defense against a National Labor Relations Board injunction bid, saying a recent Second Circuit decision faulting the scope of a discovery grant in another Starbucks case doesn't apply.
June 03, 2024
A recent Second Circuit order concerning a discovery order for Starbucks and Workers United doesn't apply to a subpoena dispute with the union before an Illinois federal judge, Starbucks argued, saying the appeals court's opinion dealt with "very different subpoena instructions and requests."
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.
November 08, 2023
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors urged an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to issue a nationwide cease-and-desist order barring Starbucks from firing workers over their union organizing, saying such an order is necessary to prevent the company from unlawfully thwarting the union.
October 30, 2023
The head of the NLRB's Chicago office asked an Illinois federal judge to compel Starbucks to rehire a fired barista as an administrative case challenging the firing plays out, saying the evidence supports the conclusion that she was dismissed for her union organizing activities.