Byron Allen loses $100M fraud lawsuit against McDonald's over ad spending: ‘Smear campaign'

McDonald’s has defeated Byron Allen’s $100 million lawsuit, in which he accused the fast-food giant of lying when it pledged to increase national ad spend with black-owned outlets. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by the media exec’s Allen Media on Sunday. Allen’s suit hinged on a specific interpretation of claims McDonald’s made in a 2021 press release outlining its promises to increase its spending with black-owned businesses overall. But the judge ruled that Allen’s legal m ...