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Disney Payment Concludes Animators' Anti-Poaching Lawsuit
02 February 2017
Fox Rothschild LLP
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We reported
previously on DreamWorks Animation's payment of $50 million
to settle a class action antitrust suit. The class represented
animators who claimed they were denied employment opportunities due
to a "gentlemen's agreement" among the studios not to
poach each other's employees. The other defendants in addition
to DreamWorks–Blue Sky Studios, Sony Pictures Animation and
Sony Pictures Imageworks–had also settled, leaving only
Disney and its subsidiaries left in litigation.
Pending judicial approval, the Disney parties The Walt Disney
Company, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Two Pic MC will pay an additional
$100 million to settle the claims against them. This final payment
will bring the lawsuit to a close at a hefty final price tag of
nearly $170 million for the studios involved.
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