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Fired chairman sues Time Warner

 
Published June 24, 1995|Updated Oct. 4, 2005

Fired Warner Music chairman Doug Morris is suing Time Warner Inc. for $50-million, Bloomberg Business News reported Friday. Morris, who was fired Wednesday, claimed in the suit that his contract provided for a $50-million payment if he was terminated without cause. The suit said the lump-sum payment included salary, benefits and bonuses through the agreement's end in December 1999. The damages Morris is seeking include becoming vested in stock options the company paid him. Morris accused Time Warner of failing to "particularize or even identify the supposed "cause' " the company referred to in a letter it sent him Thursday. The company would not comment Friday.

The baby boom

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