ESA Seeks Legal Cost from Illinois Game Bill Fight

The game industry trade association the Entertainment Software Association has filed a petition in the United States District Court, asking it to order the State of Illinois to pay $644,545 in legal fees, for its unsuccessful effort to enact a law banning the sale of violent video games in the state.

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