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Litigation

May 6, 2016

Sony settles in animation studio anti-poaching lawsuit

Sony will pay $13 million to settle anti-poaching claims in a putative class action against some of Hollywood's top animation studios, and has agreed to stipulations that could undermine the remaining defendants' case.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Sony will pay $13 million to settle anti-poaching claims in a putative class action against some of Hollywood's top animation studios, and has agreed to stipulations that could undermine the remaining defendants' case.

The settlement requires Sony Pictures Animation Inc. and Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. provide certain documents related to the case at the plaintiff's request and use its bes...

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