August 16, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday urged the high court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision that revived a $20 billion racial bias suit against Comcast, insisting that the appellate court should be holding the accuser to a higher standard for proving discrimination than it did.
August 15, 2019
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups on Thursday threw their weight behind Comcast's U.S. Supreme Court challenge to a Ninth Circuit decision making it easier to prove claims brought under a Reconstruction-era law prohibiting race bias, arguing the statute's text doesn't support the appeals court's reasoning.
August 09, 2019
Comcast pressed the Supreme Court on Thursday to shut down a $20 billion racial bias lawsuit over its refusal to carry an African American-owned production company's channels, arguing that the Ninth Circuit's revival of the case was rooted in a standard that bucks well-settled precedent.
June 21, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider what role racism must play in a contract decision before a discrimination case against Comcast can move forward, and attorneys expect the justices' answer will make it a little harder to keep race discrimination cases alive.
June 10, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear part of Comcast's appeal of a ruling that revived a $20 billion racial bias lawsuit over its refusal to carry an African American-owned production company's channels.
April 11, 2019
An African American-owned production company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Comcast's push for high court review of a decision reviving the studio's $20 billion racial bias lawsuit, arguing that solid evidence backs up its case.