Attorneys for MGA Entertainment Inc. asked a federal judge to impose additional sanctions against the lawyer of a disbanded teen vocal group who accused them of racism and misconduct in an intellectual property suit.
In a Monday filing in the Central District of California, MGA’s attorneys said Erin Ranahan and her firm Winston & Strawn LLP displayed “unprofessional and prejudicial” conduct after a mistrial was declared in the case, including by calling MGA attorney Jennifer Keller’s cross examination of an OMG Girlz witness racist.
The case centers on whether MGA infringed the OMG Girlz’ name and likenesses through the creation ...
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