Federal Jury Returns $25.6M Verdict For Starbucks Director In Bias Case

(June 15, 2023, 11:15 AM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A former Starbucks Corp. regional director who claims that her firing was part of the company’s efforts to repair community relations after two Black men were arrested in one of the stores within her region was awarded $25.6 million by a federal jury in New Jersey on her race bias claims, according to a verdict form filed June 14....