October 28, 2013
A California federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $4.9 million settlement of a wage-and-hour class action against Starbucks Corp. — a deal that includes a $1.9 million attorneys' fee award representing less than half of what plaintiffs' counsel originally requested.
September 16, 2013
Starbucks Corp. on Friday blasted an "astonishing" $4.5 million attorneys' fee request by the lead plaintiff in a wage-and-hour class action against the mega-chain that was settled earlier this year for $3 million.
June 10, 2013
After more than four years of litigation, a California federal judge on Monday preliminarily approved a $3 million settlement of a wage-and-hour class action alleging Starbucks Corp. effectively denied California workers off-duty breaks because its coffeehouses were always busy and understaffed.
May 13, 2013
Starbucks Corp. agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a class action filed by workers in California alleging the company denied them required meal breaks and issued inaccurate wage statements, according to documents filed in California federal court Friday.
July 31, 2012
An ex-Starbucks Corp. worker asked a federal court Monday to reconsider certifying three subclasses in a suit against the coffee giant in light of the California Supreme Court's landmark Brinker decision, which she said forbids employers from pressuring workers to forgo proper meal and rest breaks.
July 06, 2011
Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision to let stand a claim in a proposed class action that the coffee chain provided its California baristas with itemized wage statements that made it difficult to calculate total hours worked.
September 24, 2009
Starbucks Inc. is aiming to snuff out a putative class action alleging that the company doesn’t allow employees at its California stores to take proper meal breaks, preemptively asking a federal judge to deny class certification.