Restaurant Owner Faces Jail Time For Stiffing Employees
A restaurant owner has been sentenced to jail for not paying employees what they were legally entitled to for a…
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Domino’s Lawsuit Targets Fast-Food Profit Model
Wage advocates welcomed and restaurant reps denounced on Tuesday a move by the New York State Attorney General to try…
Cheddar’s Franchisee to Pay $450,000 in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Male Managers at Memphis Restaurant Sexually Harassed a Class of Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged Mint Julep Restaurant Operations, LLC,…
Partner sues ‘dictator’ Gordon Ramsay for $10.8M
A Manhattan investor slapped his business partner, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, with a $10.8 million lawsuit claiming the famously hot-tempered…
McDonald’s Workers File Multiple Class-Action Lawsuits Alleging Widespread Wage Theft
New York, NY (RestaurantNews.com) Attorneys representing McDonald’s workers in California, Michigan and New York this week filed class action lawsuits…
CKE Restaurants Files Brief in Support of Lawsuit Fighting Inflated Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees
CKE joins other QSR chains in support of suit by National Retail Federation against Federal Reserve Board Carpinteria, CA (RestaurantNews.com) …
National Restaurant Association Files Suit Against DOL Over New Tip Credit Regulation
The National Restaurant Association, Council of State Restaurant Associations and National Federation of Independent Business today filed suit against the…
Iowa store chain fights Subway over ‘footlong’
An Iowa-based convenience store has asked a federal judge to rule that the word “footlong” is part of the general…
Owner of shuttered Pizza Hut franchises files suit against the pizza chain
Larry Lundy, a well-known New Orleans businessman and Pizza Hut magnate who owned dozens of the franchises in southeast Louisiana…
Court Rules for Franchisees in Dispute with KFC Corporation
In ruling on a lawsuit brought by the franchisee controlled KFC National Council and Advertising Cooperative, Inc. (“NCAC”) against KFC…
Benihana Inc. Responds to Lawsuit Inquiries
MIAMI (RestaurantNews.com) Benihana Inc. (Nasdaq: BNHNA; BNHN) has recently become aware of a lawsuit allegedly filed by Benihana against a…
Ruling Lets Starbucks Take Over Packaged-Coffee Distribution
A federal court on Friday denied Kraft Foods Inc.’s request to block Starbucks Corp. from taking over the distribution of…
Taco Bell Vows Legal Response to Beef Claims
Taco Bell is challenging a class action lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in a California court. The YUM Brands-owned…
IHOP drops suit against church over use of IHOP acronym
Could pancake peace be at hand? The International House of Pancakes has dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against a church,…
Noble Roman’s Granted Summary Judgment Motions
The franchisor of Noble Roman’s Pizza, as well as Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs, was granted summary judgment by an Indiana…
McDonald’s sued over Happy Meals
A US consumer advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, accusing the fast-food chain of using deceptive advertising practices…
Miami Benihana sued by NY Benihana
Benihana has been hit with a lawsuit by a firm representing the estate of its late founder, Rocky Aoki. It…
Suit: Hooters security attacked woman who disputed bill
A woman claiming she was attacked by a security guard at a south suburban Hooters restaurant after disputing her bill…
Peabody couple sues restaurant, server over alleged beating
A Peabody couple who say they were beaten outside the Bugaboo Creek restaurant by friends of a waitress they complained…
Starbucks defeats woman’s tea burn lawsuit
A Manhattan woman has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court that Starbucks Corp should be held liable for severe…
Judge: McDonald’s must pay obese employee $17.5K
A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald’s must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds…