SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has ordered Pixar to hand over communications involving its former general counsel for in-camera review in a case that accuses the Disney-owned animation studio of masterminding a web of anti-competitive recruiting pacts.
Siding with plaintiffs lawyers, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal said the crime-fraud exception may apply to the communications of Lois Scali, a former Irell & Manella partner who served as Pixar’s general counsel from 2003 to 2007. The documents had been withheld by Pixar citing attorney-client privilege, but plaintiffs lawyers argued that they were made in furtherance of an illegal conspiracy to restrain competition for labor and suppress wages.
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