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Deslandes v. McDonald's USA, LLC et al
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May 06, 2024
Judge Weighs Discovery Need On McD's No-Poach Standard
No-poach antitrust litigation against McDonald's is getting back underway in Illinois federal court following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal of the fast food giant's appeal, spurring the district court judge to consider whether more discovery might be needed to determine the appropriate standard that will govern the case.
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April 15, 2024
McDonald's, Workers Battle Over Future Of No-Poach Case
Workers suing McDonald's over its past use of no-poach provisions in franchise agreements have told an Illinois federal court the fast food chain is trying to slow down the case after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up its appeal.
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January 01, 2024
Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 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.
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November 01, 2023
McDonald's Plans To Take No-Poach Case To High Court
McDonald's is preparing to challenge a Seventh Circuit ruling in a proposed antitrust class action at the U.S. Supreme Court, telling an Illinois federal judge that it would file a petition for writ of certiorari by late November.
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July 29, 2022
Ex-McDonald's Workers Appeal No-Poach Loss To 7th Circ.
A pair of former McDonald's workers have asked the Seventh Circuit to take up their lawsuit accusing the fast-food giant of violating antitrust rules by prohibiting its franchisees from hiring staff from another location, after an Illinois federal judge ruled against them.
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June 28, 2022
McDonald's Defeats Ex-Workers' No-Poach Claims
An Illinois federal court on Tuesday granted a bid from McDonald's to escape claims from ex-workers over the fast-food chain's alleged past use of no-poach provisions in its franchise agreements, saying there was too much competition for their labor to support an antitrust case.
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March 02, 2022
Ill. Judge Won't Hear From DOJ In McDonald's No-Poach Fight
The U.S. Department of Justice can't outline its stance on the antitrust issues in an ex-manager's lawsuit over McDonald's no-poach rule for franchises because separation of powers principles require the executive and judicial branches to stay separate, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.
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February 18, 2022
DOJ Augurs Shift From Trump-Era Franchise No-Poach Stance
The U.S. Department of Justice has signaled that it wants to shift in whole or in part away from a Trump-era position calling for a harder-to-prove legal standard governing suits accusing franchise-based chains of anticompetitively restricting in-chain job mobility.
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November 17, 2021
Ex-Manager Knocks McDonald's Claims In No-Poach Suit
A former McDonald's manager suing the company over its no-poach rule for franchises said an Illinois federal judge should reject the company's bid for an early win, and allow the antitrust conspiracy case to be heard by a jury.
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July 28, 2021
McDonald's Workers Lose Cert. Bid In No-Poach Dispute
An Illinois federal judge declined Wednesday to certify a nationwide class of McDonald's workers challenging no-poach provisions in franchise agreements, finding that the workers weren't all members of the same national labor market.