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Entertainment Studios Networks, Inc. et al v. McDonald's USA, LLC

  1. June 13, 2025

    McDonald's Inks Confidential Deal In $10B Race Bias Suit

    McDonald's has reached a confidential settlement with film and television executive Byron Allen's companies resolving a $10 billion suit claiming the fast food chain discriminates against Black-owned media companies in its advertising expenditures, according to an announcement made Friday.

  2. April 07, 2025

    Ex-AG Lynch Exits $10B McDonald's Bias Case Ahead Of Trial

    Paul Weiss partner and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is stepping away from McDonald's defense in Byron Allen's $10 billion bias lawsuit against the fast food giant, just months before the case is slated to go to trial.

  3. December 02, 2024

    McDonalds Can't Nix $10B Bias Suit Despite 'Close Call'

    A California federal judge has refused to hand a summary judgment win to either party in Byron Allen's $10 billion lawsuit alleging that McDonald's Corp. discriminates against Black-owned media companies, finding that the discrimination allegations are a "close call" involving factual disputes that must be decided at trial.

  4. September 20, 2022

    McDonald's Can't Ditch Byron Allen's $10B Race Bias Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday refused to throw out the latest iteration of Byron Allen's $10 billion lawsuit accusing McDonald's Corp. of racially discriminating against Black-owned media companies by spending significantly more money advertising with white-owned companies.

  5. December 01, 2021

    Byron Allen's $10B McDonald's Race Bias Suit Nixed, For Now

    A California federal judge Tuesday threw out Byron Allen's $10 billion lawsuit accusing McDonald's Corp. of racially discriminating against Black-owned media companies by spending significantly more money advertising with white-owned companies, but said the media mogul can file an amended complaint.