April 27, 2015
An animator must arbitrate his putative class claims alleging his former employer DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. depressed his pay with an anti-solicitation scheme while he worked there, but he can pursue in federal court other claims against it and other studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc., a California federal judge ruled Friday.
April 03, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday ruled that animators from The Walt Disney Co., Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and other studios had filed too late in a consolidated class action accusing the studios of conspiring to keep down wages, despite the plaintiffs' comparison to a price-fixing conspiracy.
February 10, 2015
Employees of The Walt Disney Co. and other animation studios accused of conspiring to limit recruitment of each other's workers and fixing their wages urged a California federal court Monday to reject the companies' bid to toss the consolidated class action, saying it was not filed too late.
January 12, 2015
The Walt Disney Co. and other animation studios accused of conspiring to limit recruitment of each other's employees and fixing their workers' wages asked a California federal court on Friday to dismiss the proposed class action, saying it was filed far too late and filled with conclusory allegations.
September 15, 2014
An ex-Sony Pictures Animation technical director asked a California federal judge on Monday to relate with the massive Google Inc. antitrust action she is overseeing, his proposed class action accusing DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and others of conspiring to not poach each other's animators.
September 08, 2014
The Walt Disney Co., Pixar Inc. and other animation studios illegally agreed not to poach each other's animators and software engineers, according to a putative class action filed Monday in California federal court citing deposition testimony from engineers' antitrust suit against Apple Inc. and other tech giants.