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Litigation

Mar. 2, 2012

Judge orders Bratz company insurer to pay legal tab

A federal judge ordered Evanston Insurance Co., an insurance carrier for Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., to pay $8.5 million to other insurance companies that picked up the company's legal tab during its copyright war with Mattel over the doll line.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal judge ordered Evanston Insurance Co., an insurance carrier for Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., to pay $8.5 million to other insurance companies that picked up the company's legal tab during its copyright war with Mattel over the doll line. Evanston was one of several insurance companies locked in a legal battle with MGA over a refusal to cover the toymaker's tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, cl...

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