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    The Frank Barton Company Signs With The Sweet Shop For U.S. Representation

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    The Vinamilk cows have become a brand staple, created by The Frank Barton Company.
    WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --

    The Sweet Shop has added animation directorial collective The Frank Barton Company to its talent roster for U.S. representation. A full service boutique, The Frank Barton Company is comprised of creatives from several different facets of the film, CG, VFX, and video game industries.

    Founded in 2008, the original team was comprised of seven artists who aspired to craft dynamic, creatively fulfilling content that would allow them to develop their personal passions as part of a larger, unified whole. The result is a body of work that received honors from Cannes, El Sol, and FIAP.

    Based in Madrid, The Frank Barton Company has since grown to include 20 artists from a diverse range of visual departments. Sergio Garcia and Ursula Garcia are chief creative officer and executive creative director, respectively of The Frank Barton Company. The team’s combined credits include work on such projects as “The Matrix: Reloaded,” “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,” “Che” and Ridley Scott’s upcoming feature “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”  Together, these varied backgrounds have allowed them to create fully realized worlds and characters for brands including ING, Sony, Fiat, Vodafone, and the now classic Vinamilk cows which have remained the face of the brand for the past four years and counting.

    Paul Prince is CEO and founding partner of The Sweet Shop. Laura Thoel is managing director of The Sweet Shop USA.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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