Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 14, 2022
Warner, Village Roadshow debate when arbitration clauses affect dispute
Village seeks an order allowing it to invest in the co-owned projects for which it shares the rights with Warner. Village also claims that the studio breached their contract on release windows in order to promote HBO Max.
LOS ANGELES -- Attorneys for Australian movie company Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. met remotely for a courtroom battle Friday -- but didn't engage in the warrior rhetoric their clients have been using in the public argument over whether Warner shut Village out of being a financial partner on several projects in order to boost the value of the streaming service HBO Max.
Befitting a lawsuit in the movie industry, the attorneys presented...
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