The judge also gave preliminary approval to VW’s $1.2 billion settlement with 652 auto dealerships to cover their losses related to the diesel-cheating scandal. He scheduled a hearing for January to consider final approval of that agreement.
VW reached the settlement covering the 2.0-liter engines in June with consumers and regulators, including the Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement allows car owners to choose a buyback or repair, if a repair is approved.
— Bloomberg News
ENTERTAINMENT
DreamWorks settles class-action lawsuit
Comcast’s DreamWorks Animation agreed to pay $50 million to resolve claims it colluded with other animation studios to not hire one another’s workers in California, where allegations of no-poaching pacts have plagued technology companies for years.
DreamWorks will cooperate with attorneys for former animators and visual-effects employees who are pressing forward with their class-action case against Walt Disney Co. and its Lucasfilm and Pixar units, plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a court filing Monday.
Two Sony Pictures units and Blue Sky Studios already have won preliminary approval for settlements totaling $19 million.
The antitrust suit against the companies is based on allegations that they conspired to suppress wages through a “gentleman’s agreement” to not solicit one another’s workers. Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe Systems last year paid $415 million to resolve their part in a similar case that was brought against a group of Silicon Valley technology companies that had been investigated for collusion by the Justice Department.
— Bloomberg News
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