Labor/Employment
Sep. 12, 2009
Starbucks Case Shows New Tilt for High Court
Catherine A. Conway of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, helped successfully represent Starbucks in beating back a $100 million claim over pooling of tips between managers and employees.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court's decision this week to let stand a ruling that went against Starbucks baristas came as no surprise to employment and labor lawyers, who said it is part of a nascent shift away from a historically employee-friendly atmosphere in California.
The court decided on Wednesday not to review the 4th District's reversal of a $100 million award to Starbucks baristas over the company's tip-...
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