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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 5, 2014

MGA tussles with financial advisors over toy sale

The Van Nuys company is trying to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the botched acquisition of a French toy manufacturer.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As MGA Entertainment Inc. continues to pursue some $1 billion in damages from Mattel Inc. in the legal battle over Bratz dolls, the self-billed "world's largest private toy company" is also quietly seeking big damages in a separate suit regarding a horribly botched acquisition of a French toy company.


Van Nuys-based MGA filed an amended complaint in California federal court last week,...

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