( July 28, 2021, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs accusing McDonald’s of suppressing employee wages through no-poach agreements between franchises have lost their bid for class certification. “It will undoubtedly be true that in some relevant markets, McDonald’s restaurants will have so many competitors for labor that the restraint will have no anticompetitive effect. In other markets, McOpCos and franchisees may have so little outside competition for employees that the restraint will impact the market. The anticompetitive effects of the restraint will have to be judged separately for each of the hundreds (or thousands) of relevant markets, and that will be the predominant issue, especially if, as plaintiffs assert, antitrust impact is a common question,” concluded US District Judge Jorge Alonso.See document below. ...
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