> The company’s lawyers at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton also argued that DiBenedetto could not simultaneously assert a claim of racial discrimination under the Civil Rights Act and age discrimination under the Age Discrimination of Employment Act because both laws require proof that the plaintiff would not have been injured but for the particular version of discrimination each law prohibits. Because DiBenedetto alleged both age and race discrimination, AT&T said, he could satisfy neither law’s causation requirement.

Wow. Just wow. They admit racist discrimination is illegal, admit ageist discrimination is illegal, but argue that racist+ageist discrimination is legal?!