April 02, 2015
A group of insurers including Lexington Insurance Co. and toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. have agreed to end litigation over attorneys' fees in an underlying copyright suit over the company's line of Bratz dolls, according to a filing Wednesday in New York federal court.
August 14, 2014
A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to allow National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. to dodge a bad-faith claim brought by MGA Entertainment Inc. over reimbursement of attorneys’ fees related to a copyright suit over Bratz dolls, saying the toy company had plausibly alleged its accusation.
July 08, 2014
MGA Entertainment Inc. urged a New York federal judge Monday to preserve bad-faith claims against National Union Fire Insurance Co. for delaying payment of undisputed amounts, following a finding that the insurer owed MGA $2.9 million for breaching its duty to defend in a suit over Bratz dolls.
June 16, 2014
National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh Pa. on Friday asked a federal judge to toss MGA Entertainment Inc.'s bad-faith claims against it, following a finding the insurer owed MGA $2.9 million for breaching its duty to defend in a suit over Bratz dolls.
June 10, 2014
A New York federal judge Monday ordered an insurance company to pay MGA Entertainment Inc. $2.9 million for breaching its duty to defend in a suit over its Bratz dolls, ruling MGA could not collect on fees its was charged but did not pay.
August 08, 2013
A New York federal judge reiterated Thursday that Chartis Specialty Insurance Co. and others must cover MGA Entertainment Inc. in a failed suit alleging it stole the idea for its Bratz dolls, saying allegedly stolen Bratz sketches weren't first published outside the policy period.
July 24, 2013
National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., asked a New York federal judge Tuesday to reconsider her ruling that it must cover MGA Entertainment Inc. in a failed suit alleging MGA stole the idea for its Bratz dolls.
July 10, 2013
A New York federal judge ruled Wednesday that two Chartis Inc. companies had a duty to defend MGA Entertainment Inc. in a failed suit alleging MGA stole the idea for its Bratz dolls from a Steve Madden advertising campaign that ran in the 1990s.