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.
October 19, 2023
Starbucks Corp. alleged Wednesday that the union representing its baristas hijacked its name and logos, leading to calls for a boycott against the coffee giant following union tweets supporting Palestine, while the union claimed that Starbucks falsely accused it of supporting terrorism as part of its ongoing anti-union campaign.