McDonald’s Seeks Dismissal of Racial Bias Claims by Black Former Franchise Owners October 26, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s Corp. on Friday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by dozens of Black former franchise owners who...
Reuters: Rite Aid Deployed China-Linked Facial Recognition in Poor Neighborhoods July 30, 2020 By Jeffrey Dastin Over about eight years, the American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 stores across...
Losses From Civil Protests May Cause Insurers to Rethink Property Coverage July 8, 2020 By Jim Sams The civil disturbance that started in Minneapolis after the killing by police of George Floyd spread to 20 other states,...
Second Racial Bias Case Against Cable TV Wins Second Look March 30, 2020 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to let comedian-turned-media executive Byron Allen’s...
Supreme Court Returns Racial Bias Lawsuit Against Comcast TV to Lower Court March 23, 2020 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court’s ruling that had given the green light to comedian-turned-media...
Supreme Court to Review Racial Bias Claim Against Comcast June 10, 2019 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid by cable operator Comcast Corp. to throw out racial...
JPMorgan Settles Black Advisers’ Job Bias Lawsuit for $24 Million September 5, 2018 By Max Abelson As racial diversity tumbles on Wall Street, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say...
Insurers Pay $600K in Small Town West Virginia Racism Case May 16, 2013 By Vicki Smith Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia Police Department over claims he was harassed...