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When the rumor hit over the weekend that several dozen Tecmo employees could be joining Tomonobu Itagaki in his lawsuit against the company, no one realized how much of an underestimate that number really was: Joystiq is reporting that Tecmo is being sued by all 300 of its employees.

Kotaku reported on the specifics of the suit, in which the workers claim that they were illegally placed on a "flexible hours" schedule and weren't paid the overtime that they feel they deserve. What's worse is that Tecmo may have created false documents while covering up accounting documents.

It looks like Tecmo's labor practices and failure to fulfill Japanese law by reporting Itagaki's lawsuit to shareholders on the same day as the filing could leave them in serious, serious legal trouble. We'll be sure to keep you updated as the drama continues to unfold.
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