Latham & Watkins partners Elizabeth Deeley, Roman Martinez, Daniel Meron and Colleen C. Smith have stepped in to defend Amazon.com in a class action challenging programs that aim to promote minority-owned, women-owned and LGBT sellers on its platform. The suit was filed Oct. 28 in California Southern District Court by Greg Adler P.C. on behalf of heterosexual white male sellers who allege that the initiatives constitute unlawful discrimination. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz, is 3:21-cv-01833, Correll v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al.

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