ZA/UM resolves legal dispute with Disco Elysium producer Kaur Kender
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The ongoing legal dispute between Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM and the game's producer Kaur Kender has been resolved.
ZA/UM studio has announced that ex-staffer Kender has repaid all debts owed to it.
Also, per a court order, Kender has repaid CEO Ilmar Kompus for legal fees from a lawsuit that was eventually withdrawn back in December. Additionally, he's divested all his shares in the games company.
"I am thankful for the years of trust and cooperation with the team, which made Disco Elysium a successful project," said Kender. "After leaving my full-time role, I filed a lawsuit which I realized, after seeing the facts, was misguided."
The news comes after a series of claims surfaced against the Disco Elysium maker from Kender, and ZA/UM shareholders emerged towards the tail end of 2022.
In October 2022, it was reported that three key creators, Helen Hindpere, Robert Kurvitz, and Aleksander Rostov, left the company "involuntarily."
ZA/UM Studio says both Kurvitz and Taal have dropped their "unfair dismissal" claims due to lack of evidence.
However, the company says it continues to face a "series of baseless allegations from former employees" and expects more claims to "fall apart under legal and factual scrutiny."
Later in the month, a lawsuit was filed against the studio by Telomer, a company that included Kurzitz – author of the Disco Elysium novel and designer of the game – as a board member.
In November 2022, a lawsuit filing alleged that Kompus spent €4.8 million ($5.1 million) in company funds to obtain a majority share of the studio.
Following Kender's suit withdrawal against Tütreke, the ZA/UM's majority shareholder, Kompus and Tütreke
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