Judge Questions Audit in Winnie the Pooh Case
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A Los Angeles judge said he wanted to reconsider an independent auditor’s report that Walt Disney Co. had almost fully paid for rights to the Winnie the Pooh character despite a licensor’s allegations of millions of dollars in underpayments.
In his tentative ruling, Superior Court Judge Ernest Hiroshige questioned the finding that Disney owed Stephen Slesinger Inc. just $11,000 in royalties stemming from a 1983 licensing agreement, Slesinger attorney Bonnie Eskenazi said.
Disney’s lead attorney called Hiroshige’s tentative ruling “a split decision” and said Disney was ready to argue its case yet again.
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