July 15, 2024
A straight white male worker who claims CBS discriminated against him by repeatedly choosing to hire more diverse candidates for writer roles urged a California federal judge to reject CBS Studios Inc.'s bid to ax the case Monday, arguing that the First Amendment "doesn't per se" shield entertainment corporations like CBS from liability.
May 24, 2024
CBS said a California federal judge should toss a straight white male worker's bias suit claiming he was passed over for writer roles in favor of more diverse candidates, arguing that the First Amendment allows it to tap writers based on their identity as a storytelling operation.
March 01, 2024
CBS Studios Inc. enacted discriminatory diversity quotas that kept white, straight men out of its writers rooms, according to a suit filed in California federal court by a freelance writer who said he was denied job opportunities on a network show due to his identity.