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.
March 06, 2023
Starbucks can't pause an injunction order that ordered the company to rehire a fired union organizer, a Michigan federal judge ruled Monday, saying Sixth Circuit precedent in another proceeding with the coffee chain shows that the company isn't likely to win its appeal of the injunctive relief.
March 01, 2023
Starbucks asked a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to pause a February injunction order that requires the coffee giant to rehire a fired union organizer, saying the company shouldn't be forced to comply with the order as it appeals the court's decision at the Sixth Circuit.
February 23, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday walked back a nationwide injunction he issued last week that prohibited Starbucks from retaliating against workers for their union activity at any store in the United States, saying National Labor Relations Board prosecutors did not show Starbucks had a "corporate-wide anti-union policy" that justified such a sweeping order.
February 22, 2023
A Michigan federal judge vacated a recent nationwide labor injunction against Starbucks to address unspecified "errors" Wednesday, imperiling what would be a landmark order expanding the National Labor Relations Board's power to police the coffee giant's response to a national union campaign.
February 17, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Friday greenlighted a bid by the National Labor Relations Board's Detroit office to bar Starbucks from firing union organizers nationwide after initially raising skepticism about granting this type of expansive injunctive relief.
February 07, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday pressed the National Labor Relations Board to cite any cases where a court ordered a company to stop unfair labor practices nationwide, as the agency asked to prevent Starbucks from firing staffers across the country for supporting union efforts.