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American Airlines Settles Race Discrimination Suit by Black Men Removed From Flight

American Airlines has agreed to settle a race discrimination lawsuit by three Black men who were temporarily removed from a flight at the insistence of white flight attendants, according to a court filing on Thursday. The terms of the agreement …

Facebook’s Anti-Bias Vows May Not Kill Suit Against Advertisers

Facebook’s vow to block ads on its platform from being programmed to discriminate based on demographics ended a string of lawsuits against the social network, but companies that allegedly used the site to weed out older applicants for jobs aren’t …

Federal Appeals Panel Says Deaf Med Student Can Sue

A jury should be allowed to decide a deaf medical school student’s discrimination lawsuit against Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., a federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a …