On Feb. 5, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Missouri dismissed a case against Starbucks, according to Reuters.
The lawsuit alleged Starbucks used its DEI programming to discriminate against certain job applicants and workers. It was filed by then-Attorney General Andrew Bailey in 2025 and continued by Catherine Hanaway when she took over for him following his FBI appointment later that year. Hanaway pointed to Starbucks’ 2020 policy which tied executive pay to DEI,
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