Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Activist investor Third Point LLC is hitting the brakes on a plan to try to get The Walt Disney Co. to separate ESPN into a stand-alone entity, after the CEO of Disney reportedly said the company had been "deluged" with interest from companies that want to buy the sports network.

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Law 360

AUGUST 15, 2023

Film financing company TSG Entertainment sued The Walt Disney Co. and the former Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming they have employed aggressive "Hollywood accounting" and self-dealing tactics to deprive it of hundreds of millions of dollars.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Walt Disney Co. faces a federal lawsuit over the “Muppet Babies” by the original scriptwriter “who claims the company misused his work for a 2018 reboot of the show” and failed to pay him. The post Film Fridays – Walt Disney Co.

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Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Walt Disney Co. on Friday, accusing the credit card companies of jointly employing a slew of anti-competitive rules and restraints that cause merchants to pay high transaction fees, three years after opting out of a $6 billion multidistrict litigation settlement. launched an antitrust suit against Visa Inc.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2023

A Delaware vice chancellor Tuesday axed a bid by a shareholder of The Walt Disney Co. to get more company records related to its decision to publicly oppose Florida's so-called Don't Say Gay law, saying the records demand isn't driven by the shareholder, but by his attorneys.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In the latest example of board-related drama in a year riddled with it, embattled genetic testing company 23andMe was dealt yet another blow last week when all seven of its independent directors resigned en masse over disagreements about the company’s direction. Founded in 2006, 23andMe has had a challenging few months.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Allowing securities litigation over The Walt Disney Co.'s s underperforming streaming service to go forward would discourage companies from trying "new, risky business plans," counsel for the entertainment giant told a California federal judge in an attempt to toss the suit Friday.

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Law 360

MAY 16, 2024

A Disney subsidiary reached an agreement Thursday with a former Walt Disney World worker to end her lawsuit alleging the company unlawfully fired her after a co-worker overheard her tell a story about disciplining her son for using the N-word, a filing in Florida federal court said.

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Intelligize Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

It suggests the SEC and companies are treading particularly carefully over the new terrain of AI. These gestures often take the form of stockholder proposals that target the resulting ethical issues arising as publicly traded companies incorporate AI into their operations and business strategies.

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Law 360

APRIL 3, 2023

The Walt Disney Co. has recently been battered by layoffs, a hostile Florida governor and conservative criticism of the company's stance on abortion rights and gay issues. All three items came up at the company's annual meeting on Monday, but Disney prevailed on every vote.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions were watching is available here. The Supreme Courts landmark 2022 gun-rights ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Challengers have taken aim at two parts of the law.

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