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Litigation

Jul. 16, 2011

MGA accepts lower attorney fee award

Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. has decided to accept a discovery master's recommendation that the company receive $108 million in attorney fees for its multiyear courtroom battle over the famous dolls.

By Jason W. Armstrong Daily Journal Staff Writer

Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. has decided to accept a discovery master's recommendation that the company receive $108 million in attorney fees for its hard-fought, multiyear courtroom brawl with Mattel Inc. over the famous dolls. In court records unsealed this week in the two toymakers' intellectual property fight over Bratz, MGA indicated it was willing to take the sum suggested by discovery master Robert O'Brien, alt...

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