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Law Practice

Sep. 17, 2008

L.A. Times Workers File Suit Against Owner

According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of current and former employees of the L.A. Times, “Sam Zell’s illegal and irresponsible actions and public statements have damaged the reputation and business of the company he purports to want to serve.”

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Six former and current L.A. Times reporters filed a federal class action in Los Angeles on Tuesday against billionaire Sam Zell, seeking to wrest control of the company from the man they accuse of running their newspaper "into the ground."

The suit accuses Zell, the Tribune Company board of directors and several other entities of breaching their fiduciary duty and takes aim at the complex de...

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