McDonald’s Settles $10B Lawsuit with Byron Allen Over Discrimination Against Black-Owned Media Companies

McDonald’s reached a settlement in the $10 billion lawsuit brought by Byron Allen‘s Allen Entertainment Studios, in which the media mogul accused the fast food company of discriminating against Black-owned media companies. 

Allen’s companies and McDonald’s released a joint statement on Friday, revealing that they’d come to “an agreement to settle pending litigation between them.” At the tailend of last year, U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin found that McDonald’s may have violated federal and state civil rights laws by keeping a separate advertising tier for companies who create content target toward Black audiences. 

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