 Since the closure of Dreamwave, Pat Lee has been criticized for his business practices.In an interview with Newsarama, "Transformers" writers Adam Patyk and James McDonough stated they had been laid off before the Dreamwave bankruptcy following a controversy about their payment, and had subsequently filed a lawsuit against Dreamwave for lack of payment.In another interview, "Transformers" writer Simon Furman claimed that Lee "looked [him] square in the eye and said everything’s hunky-dory" a mere month before the bankruptcy.