By: Alison Frankel

Santa Ana, Calif., federal district court judge David Carter issued an order setting a trial date of Jan. 11 for Mattel's broad array of claims against the upstart doll maker MGA Entertainment.

In a separate order Monday, Judge Carter denied MGA's motion to dismiss Mattel's RICO claims, finding that Barbie's parent company adequately pled predicate acts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice (among other things) against MGA. He also refused to dismiss Mattel's theft of trade secret claims against its bitter rival.

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