Hollywood Awaits Start of Ovitz Trial
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Description: A shareholders&#39; lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. board members begins Wednesday. The suit concerns the expensive hiring and firing of former Disney President Michael Ovitz.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Ovitz, once a top  Hollywood dealmaker, is set to testify Tuesday to face charges  by angry Walt Disney Co. shareholders that he cheated them when  he left the company with a $140 million severance package.
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On the eve of a $280 billion  racketeering trial of major cigarette makers, political and  legal uncertainties are still seen hanging over the U.S.  government's long-awaited case.
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Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner had been on the witness stand for about half an hour on Monday when the subject of former Disney president Michael S. Ovitz finally came up.
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The first criminal trial against any former Enron Corp. employees is scheduled to begin today in Houston. The case is against two ex-Enron workers and four former Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.
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The murder trial of rock `n' roll producer Phil Spector will be televised, a judge ordered Friday, saying it is time for the justice system to get beyond the O.J. Simpson trial.
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The trial of seven people accused of forming a child sex ring in Portuguese care homes is set to begin.
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The trial of a former policeman accused of killing two British tourists in Thailand is expected to start within a month after charges were laid at a court, a prosecutor said.
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Wesley Snipes' federal tax-evasion trial will go forward next month in this central Florida city, despite arguments by the actor's lawyers.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk in 2006 is due to begin.
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A lawyer for Michael S. Ovitz, the former president of the Walt Disney Company, argued Wednesday that his client should be excused as a defendant in a lawsuit
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Georgetown, Delaware, October 21: A lawsuit against the Walt Disney Co over a 140 million-dollar payout to former President Michael Ovitz started here, seven years after shareholders brought the action.
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GEORGETOWN - Walt Disney company officials will appear in the Court of Chancery in Georgetown starting Wednesday. Shareholders are suing Disney and former president Michael Ovitz.
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Hollywood&#39;s latest trial of the century, starring Mickey Mouse and the Tinseltown power broker who briefly helped run the Disney empire, will find a home on the Web on Wednesday.
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NBC will proceed with plans to introduce the new series &quot;Law &amp; Order: Trial by Jury&quot; despite the death of one of its stars, Jerry Orbach.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s board of  directors went on trial on Wednesday, accused by shareholders  of rubberstamping a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowing  him to walk away months later with a $140 million severance  package.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Cheered by fans and with  his freedom, career and reputation on the line, Michael Jackson  strode confidently into a California courtroom on Monday to  watch jury selection begin in his child molestation case.