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Nitsch v. Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc. et al

  1. June 06, 2017

    Animators' Anti-Poach Attys Get $13.8M Of $31.5M Fee Bid

    A California federal judge cut Disney and DreamWorks animators' $31.5 million attorneys' fees request on $150 million in antitrust settlements down to just $13.8 million, saying Monday the request was too high and that they'd already gotten nearly $5 million in fees from an earlier approved deal.

  2. May 18, 2017

    Judge Threatens To Sanction $170M Disney Deal Objectors

    A California federal judge threatened to sanction two Disney producers on Thursday for challenging multiple pending settlements totaling $170 million that would end allegations Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks and other studios agreed not to poach each other's animators, saying the producers can't hold up the deals because they're not class members.

  3. May 17, 2017

    Disney Producers Object To $100M No-Poaching Deal

    Two Disney producers objected Wednesday to The Walt Disney Co., Pixar and Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC's proposed $100 million deal resolving allegations they agreed not to poach each other's animators, alleging Disney's misconduct caused them to be excluded from the deal.

  4. April 11, 2017

    Animators' Attys Defend $31.5M Fee Bid In Anti-Poach Deals

    Attorneys are still trying to carve fees from two class action settlements totaling $150 million that end claims Dreamworks and Disney agreed not to poach each other's animators, with class counsel dropping their bid from $42 million, which a California federal judge had said was too high, to $31.5 million.

  5. March 02, 2017

    Animators' $100M No-Poach Deal Nears OK, But Fees Up In Air

    A California federal judge said Thursday she'll preliminarily approve a $100 million settlement by Walt Disney, Pixar and Lucasfilm to end class action claims they illegally conspired with other major studios not to hire one other's animators, but poured cold water on talk of a $42.25 million fee for the animators' attorneys.

  6. February 01, 2017

    Disney, Pixar Settle Animator Antitrust Row For $100M

    The Walt Disney Co., Pixar and Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC have agreed to a $100 million deal that would settle allegations in a class action that they perpetuated a "no poach" agreement with other companies over the hiring of animators, according to a filing in a California federal court on Tuesday.

  7. October 18, 2016

    Dreamworks To Pay $50M To Settle Animator Poaching Suit

    Dreamworks Animation has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action accusing it of perpetuating a "no poach" agreement with other studios over the hiring of animators, according to a Monday filing in a California federal court.

  8. September 16, 2016

    Attys Seek $4.7M Fee In Sony, Fox No-Poach Class Action

    The counsel for a class action accusing Fox, Sony and other major studios of illegally conspiring not to hire each other's animators has asked a federal court for an award of $4.7 million in attorneys' fees after getting approval of an $18.9 million settlement.

  9. July 07, 2016

    Sony, Fox Units' No-Poach Class Deals Get Judge Koh's Nod

    Fox and Sony units won a nod Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh for their combined $19 million settlements to close out a proposed class action in California federal court accusing them and other major studios of illegally conspiring not to hire each other's animators.

  10. May 26, 2016

    Animator Class Certified In No-Poach Antitrust Suit

    Animators who worked for DreamWorks, Disney and other Hollywood heavyweights can proceed as a class in their antitrust lawsuit over an alleged anti-poaching conspiracy, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding there was enough evidence to suggest classwide wage suppression.

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