Ovitz Defends Disney Record Between Sharp Exchanges
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Ovitz staunchly  defended his efforts as president of the Walt Disney Co. on  Thursday in between biting exchanges with the attorney  representing shareholders in a $140 million lawsuit.
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Michael Ovitz staunchly defended his efforts as president of the Walt Disney Co. yesterday in between biting exchanges with the attorney representing shareholders in a $140 million lawsuit.
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GEORGETOWN, Delaware Michael Ovitz, the former president of Walt Disney, has vigorously defended his 14-month tenure, saying his efforts to expand and improve the company were undercut at nearly every turn by recalcitrant senior executives and the man who
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Shareholders suing Walt Disney Co.'s  board of directors on Thursday portrayed Michael Ovitz as a dishonest and erratic executive who should have been fired instead of walking away from his job with &#36;140 million in severance pay.
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NEW YORK - A lot of people say Michael Ovitz was overpaid at Walt Disney Company. These critics dwell on the superficial, noting, for instance, that he worked at the company just 14 months and was paid $140 million when he quit.
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Michael Ovitz, the former Hollywood powerbroker, yesterday said the first cracks appeared in his stormy relationship with Walt Disney chief and former boss Michael Eisner even before his appointment as president of the company was announced in 1995.
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Lawyers for investors suing Walt Disney Co. questioned whether chief executive Michael Eisner held a formal meeting to tell board members there were no grounds to deny then-president Michael Ovitz $140 million in severance. Shareholders of Disney, the number two US media company, contend directors did not know Ovitz might be entitled to the $140 million if ...
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The shareholder lawsuit against Disney leadership took a melodramatic turn Thursday as a plaintiffs&#39; lawyer accused former president Michael Ovitz of leaking
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The Walt Disney Company's multimillion-dollar contract with Michael S. Ovitz was unreasonable and one of the most generous ever, a compensation expert testified.
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Yesterday Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner was speaking about his interview with Larry King in September 1996, during which he denied any tensions in Disney boardroom giving praises to Disneyâs President Michael Ovitz, while in fact persuading other
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Michael Ovitz was a consummate dealmaker who just couldn&#39;t adjust to the corporate culture or financial strategy of the Walt Disney Co.
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America is riveted by the story emerging in court of how former Disney president Michael Ovitz, now being sued over his Â£74 million pay-off, shocked even Hollywood with his grandiose behaviour.
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Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.&#39;s former president, said Friday he was mistaken in his previous testimony that his annual bonus was tied to Disney chief executive Michael Eisner&#39;s bonus.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - The trial of a lawsuit by  Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors  of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz in 1995 and then  giving him $140 million in severance pay will open on  Wednesday, putting a spotlight on standards for corporate  responsibility.
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A shareholder lawsuit over the &#36;140 million severance the Walt Disney Co. paid Michael Ovitz neared its close on Friday, after months of testimony about one of the ugliest chapters in Disney's history.
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Ovitz delivers testimony in a shareholder lawsuit that demands that he and other Disney directors repay the company for severance packages plus about $60 million in interest.
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Michael Ovitz staunchly defended his efforts as president of the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday in between biting exchanges with the attorney representing shareholders in a $140 million lawsuit.