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Labor/Employment

Apr. 1, 2008

Tip-Sharing Fighter Jars Starbucks

Plaintiffs' attorney David A. Lowe's work as lead counsel for baristas won them $105 million in damages.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs' lawyer David A. Lowe sat in his office last week cradling a cup of hot water.
      Despite the fact his name may forever be associated with Starbucks and its baristas, there was no coffee in Lowe's cup.
      Warming his hands on the m...

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