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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 11, 2012

Embattled film financier pursues his due

In a new filing Monday, embattled film financier David Bergstein is seeking his due for the role he played in a 2010 deal to sell Miramax for $660 million.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Embattled film financier David Bergstein, whose five finance companies were forced into involuntary bankruptcy in 2010, has gone on the offensive.


On Monday, Bergstein's attorney, Alex Weingarten of Weingarten Brown LLP, filed a complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking fees and damages his client is allegedly owed in exchange for his role in negotiating Filmyard H...

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