Barbie Wears Black: Mattel’s Damages Come in Way Low

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We’re not sure what John Quinn’s litigation bill amounts to for his work on the Barbie-Bratz spat, but we hope that Mattel’s $100 million verdict covers it.

A federal jury in Riverside, Calif., just returned a $100 million verdict for Mattel, according to an early Reuters report, about $1.9 billion less than the company requested.

Quinn Emanuel’s John Quinn, who repped Mattel, had asked the jury for $2 billion for stealing the conceptual drawings of the Bratz doll -- at least $1 billion in Bratz profit and interest, and another nearly $800 million for the complicity of MGA’s CEO, Isaac Larian.