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Intellectual Property

Jul. 8, 2009

MGA Hires Another Firm to Take Over Bratz

Patricia Glaser, left, has had two stints representing longtime client MGA Entertainment Inc. in its nasty dispute with Mattel Inc. over the Bratz doll line. She is now being replaced by Annette L. Hurst and a team of lawyers from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, who will defend MGA in the second phase of the trial, set to begin next year.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Further shaking up the messy Bratz doll courtroom drama, MGA Entertainment Inc. late Monday switched out two of its big-name trial attorneys, Patricia Glaser and Russell Frackman, and brought in lawyers from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to represent it in its intellectual property fight with rival Mattel Inc. over the edgy dolls.

According to sources close to the case, MGA brought...

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