Civil Rights
Sep. 13, 2023
‘Undisputed evidence’ belies bias claims, McDonald’s says
Byron Allen and his companies “now stake their case on a ‘core theory’ that cynically misrepresents” the defendant’s affiliation with a Black-owned advertising agency in Chicago, Amy C. Andrews wrote in McDonald’s motion for summary judgment.
Attorneys defending McDonald’s Corp. against a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit told a federal judge that the plaintiffs have “undisputed evidence” disproving their claims that the fast food giant gives significantly less advertising business to Black-owned agencies.
Forced to pivot, Byron Allen and his companies, Entertainment Studios Inc. and the Weather Group, “now stake their case on a ‘core theory’ that cynically misrepresen...
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