Saatchi Sues Burns

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NEW YORK Hours after Interpublic Group confirmed that it had hired the 17 creative and account executives who quit Saatchi & Saatchi three weeks ago, Saatchi on Friday afternoon filed a civil lawsuit against Mike Burns, the former worldwide account director on General Mills and onetime supervisor of the 17 who walked out.

The 14-page suit, filed in state Supreme Court in New York, seeks at least $3 million in damages on claims of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of the duty of loyalty.

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