Garbaccio v. Starbucks Corporation et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:24-cv-01362

Court:

Washington Western

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

John H. Chun

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Companies

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  1. December 15, 2025

    Starbucks Investors Get Claims Against Ex-CFO Revived

    A federal judge in Seattle has reinstated claims against Starbucks' former chief financial officer in a suit accusing the coffee giant's leaders of misleading shareholders about its struggling plan to reinvent itself, saying the investors plausibly allege the ex-executive was a controlling person under the securities laws.

  2. December 12, 2025

    Starbucks Defends Ex-CFO In Investors' 'Triple Shot' Suit

    Starbucks Corp. is fighting shareholders' effort to reinstate claims against its former chief financial officer in a lawsuit they brought over the company's "Triple Shot" reinvention plan, arguing that a judge in Seattle correctly dismissed claims against the onetime executive. 

  3. December 09, 2025

    Starbucks Loses Bid For Second Look At 'Triple Shot' Ruling

    Starbucks can't get a Seattle federal judge to revise his order allowing a proposed investor class action over its "Triple Shot" reinvention plan to proceed, with the judge saying a recent Ninth Circuit decision on an investor suit over an ad slogan does not change his position.

  4. December 04, 2025

    Starbucks Wants 2nd Shot To Nix Investors' 'Triple Shot' Suit

    Starbucks is asking a Seattle federal judge to reconsider a ruling last month that flushed all but four claims in a proposed securities class action against the coffee giant, aiming to dismiss entirely the shareholder suit accusing company executives of lying about a struggling "reinvention" campaign.

  5. November 20, 2025

    Starbucks Can't Dump Investors' 'Triple Shot' Strategy Suit

    Starbucks and its former CEO can't shed investor class action claims that the company harmed shareholders by concealing its struggles to implement a "reinvention plan," which came to light when the company disclosed that its sales were being harmed by longer waits for customized drinks in its U.S. stores and by fierce competition in China.

  6. April 07, 2025

    Starbucks Asks To Dump Investors' 'Triple Shot' Strategy Suit

    Starbucks has urged a Seattle federal judge to toss a consolidated proposed class action alleging that the coffee chain made overly positive projections for its "Triple Shot Reinvention" strategy that hurt investors when the financial results didn't bear out the company's optimism, saying the plaintiffs haven't shown that Starbucks made any false statements.

  7. November 19, 2024

    2 Firms To Rep Starbucks Investors Over 'Triple Shot' Strategy

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Keller Rohrback LLP will represent a proposed class of investors in litigation alleging Starbucks made overly positive projections for its so-called Triple Shot Reinvention strategy, hurting investors when its actual financial results did not bear out its optimism.

  8. October 30, 2024

    3 Firms Vie To Lead Starbucks 'Reinvention' Plan Investor Suit

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Levi & Korsinsky LLP and The Rosen Law Firm PA launched competing bids seeking to lead a proposed investor class action alleging Starbucks misled the markets about prospects for its reinvention strategy, causing share prices to drop when it announced disappointing quarterly results in April.

  9. August 29, 2024

    Starbucks Overpromised On 'Reinvention' Plan, Investor Says

    Coffee chain Starbucks faces a proposed investor class action alleging it misled the markets about prospects for its so-called Triple Shot Reinvention strategy, hurting investors after trading prices for its shares slid when it announced disappointing quarterly results in April 2024.