Disney lawsuit lifts curtain on real-life Hollywood drama
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LOS ANGELES - This week CEO Michael Eisner tells a court his version of how Walt Disney Co. paid a severance package of $140 million - yes, that&#39;s for not working - to a former close friend after only 14 months at work.
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Walt Disney&#39;s board of directors went on trial this week on shareholder accusations that it merely rubber-stamped a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away
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On his fifth and final day on the witness stand, Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner offered his view of the &quot;real Hollywood,&quot; a definition that sharply
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The actor Sidney Poitier became a witness in the trial of a suit against Walt Disney directors on Tuesday, and in so doing, he transformed a Delaware courtroom
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s board of  directors went on trial on Wednesday, on shareholder  accusations that it merely rubberstamped a decision to hire  Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away months later with a  $140 million severance package.
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Walt Disney Co. shareholders are to finally get their day in court, seven years after suing the company for allegedly wasting corporate assets by buying out the contract of former president Michael Ovitz for 140 million dollars.
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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s board of directors went on trial on Wednesday, on shareholder accusations that it merely rubberstamped a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowed
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Producer Saul Zaentz on  Thursday filed a $20 million lawsuit against Walt Disney Co.  and its Miramax Films unit, accusing them of failing to share  profits from his 1996 best picture Oscar winner "The English  Patient."
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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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Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz  has sued the studio behind the hit "Lord of the Rings" movie  trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties,  Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday.
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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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Defense lawyers in the Walt Disney trial on Friday tried to undermine the credibility of a witness who testified that company directors neglected their oversight
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Emotions are finally settling down in the entertainment industryâs bubbling cauldron of labor disputes.
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Hollywood&#39;s movie studios will announce today that hundreds of copyright infringement lawsuits will be filed against people they allege are illegally distributing feature films online, a
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Walt Disney Co. and News Corp. are to challenge in court the conditional award of Indian cricket TV rights to local media firm Zee Telefilms Ltd., their ESPN Star Sports joint venture said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES - Pay up, Frodo. So says Saul Zaentz, a Hollywood producer who has sued New Line Cinema for $20 million in royalties from the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" trilogy...
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The Los Angeles comedy  writer-producer who penned Fox&#39;s &quot;In Living Color&quot; and created  Nickelodeon&#39;s &quot;Roundhouse&quot; has sued the Walt Disney Co.,  claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show,  &quot;Hannah Montana,&quot; from him.