October 21, 2015
AT&T Inc. tried to hide its executives' discrimination against African-American-owned content providers and should continue to face a $10 billion suit over the conduct, a California federal court was told Tuesday.
September 18, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday tentatively rejected AT&T Services Inc.'s bid to dismiss an African-American-owned media company's $10 billion suit alleging the media giant discriminates against black-owned content providers, saying the First Amendment wouldn't shield AT&T if the allegations are true.
August 25, 2015
The National Association of African-American Owned Media used a $10 billion discrimination suit against AT&T Inc. and DirecTV to leverage the merging media giants to buy more of its programming, AT&T said in California federal court Friday.
July 13, 2015
DirecTV Inc. urged a California federal judge Friday to drop it from a $10 billion suit accusing the satellite television provider and its prospective buyer AT&T Inc. of bias against black-owned media companies, arguing there's no evidence its employees engaged in racially discriminatory conduct.
March 30, 2015
The National Association of African-American Owned Media told a California federal court Friday that DirecTV Inc. should not be allowed to sever itself from a $10 billion suit accusing it and prospective buyer AT&T Inc. of discriminating against African-American-owned companies, saying the satellite provider's request is premature.
December 03, 2014
AT&T Inc. and DirecTV Inc. have discriminated against companies owned by African-Americans, and their proposed merger threatens to expand their exclusionary practices, according to a complaint filed in California federal court Tuesday seeking more than $10 billion in damages.