Starbucks resolves Florida DEI lawsuit with blockbuster nationwide agreement

EXCLUSIVE — Starbucks will pay Florida $1 million and will not use race-and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in employment practices companywide under a sweeping settlement ending the state's civil rights lawsuit against the coffee giant.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agreement applies to all Starbucks operations nationwide, not just the company's locations in Florida.

"Every Floridian deserves to be hired, promoted and compensated based on merit...