LOS ANGELES — The manufacturer of the Bratz doll, facing the “horns of a difficult dilemma,” has petitioned a federal appeals court to reinstate its lead counsel, whose firm was disqualified about three weeks before going to trial against Mattel Inc.
“The very existence of MGA is at stake in this lawsuit, and it would be an egregious denial of due process to deprive it of the opportunity to properly defend itself,” wrote appellate lawyer John Andrews, a partner at Blecher & Collins in Los Angeles, in an emergency motion filed on Dec. 29 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of MGA Entertainment Inc.
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