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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 22, 2007

New Line Faces Sanctions for Disregarding Discovery Orders

New Line Cinema's repeated dodging and ducking of discovery requests in Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson's royalty suit could cost the studio $125,000 in sanctions, a federal magistrate has ruled.

By D. Heimpel
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      New Line Cinema's repeated dodging and ducking of discovery requests in Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson's royalty suit could cost the studio $125,000 in sanctions, a federal magistrate has ruled.
      In a scathing opinion filed Sept. 18, U.S. District Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman ordered New Line to turn over a slew of docume...

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