Starbucks anti-unionization case brought by NLRB narrowed by US appeals court

A federal appeals court declined to enforce most of an NLRB ruling finding Starbucks illegally threatened employees over unionization and improperly claimed it was surveilling organizing activity. The court’s decision reduces the immediate risk of NLRB remedies tied to the majority of the ruling, but the dispute remains over key labor-law allegations. Overall, this is likely to be more of a legal/regulatory overhang than a near-term earnings driver.