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Directors Guild Pension Plan sues MGM Pictures, alleging the studio engaged in self-dealing through a "sweetheart" licensing agreement with its subsidiary MGM+ (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Directors Guild Pension Plan sues MGM Pictures, alleging the studio engaged in self-dealing through a “sweetheart” licensing agreement with its subsidiary MGM+  —  The pay TV-slash-streaming arm of MGM, now called MGM+, allegedly inked a “sweetheart” licensing deal with its owner that shortchanged the union benefits plan.