May 20, 2019
A California federal judge Monday dismissed a consumer's suit accusing upscale California restaurants of cooking up a no-tipping scheme to boost prices, saying the suit presented no facts to show an injury had occurred.
January 29, 2019
A consumer who had accused upscale New York and California restaurants of cooking up a no-tipping scheme to boost menu prices has returned to federal court with a slimmed down complaint that focuses on a handful of Golden State eateries after a judge nixed many of his claims.
January 07, 2019
Several upscale New York restaurants and their celebrity chefs can slip a suit alleging they cooked up a no-tipping scheme to boost menu prices, a federal judge ruled Monday, adding if a fresh complaint against the California eateries isn't filed by the end of January, the case will be closed.
April 03, 2018
Dozens of New York and San Francisco restaurants returned to California federal court for another round in their battle against a consumer who accuses them of engineering a no-tipping policy in a “conspiracy” to overcharge customers, arguing he bases his suit on a fried chicken sandwich that cost $5 more after a Brooklyn eatery eliminated tipping.
March 06, 2018
The team behind renowned New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park on Monday urged a California federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it and other restaurants of participating in a conspiracy to overcharge consumers through the implementation of a no-tipping policy, calling the antitrust claims implausible.
February 20, 2018
David Chang, the celebrity chef behind Manhattan's Momofuku Noodle Bar, has attempted to exit a suit alleging a slew of restaurants implemented a no-tipping policy in a "conspiracy" to overcharge consumers, arguing in California federal court he did not attend the meeting where the alleged conspiracy took place.
October 10, 2017
New York restaurants, including those operated by Union Square Hospitality Group, and others in the Bay Area have been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court over a no-tipping policy that consumers say is part of a conspiracy to charge them more for their food.