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27 Jun 2023, 6:09 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of The Walt Disney Company in a stockholder suit that derived from the Florida Governor's attack on the company This books and records action originates from The Walt Disney Company’s response to... [read post]
20 Jul 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
The Walt Disney Company held that a stockholder’s disagreement with a corporation’s decision to speak on public policy did not constitute a “proper purpose” for making a books and records demand under Delaware law. [read post]
27 Oct 2005, 8:09 am
[JURIST] Walt Disney [corporate website] shareholders have appealed a ruling by a Delaware court that the company's directors were not liable [JURIST report] for approving a $130 million severance package for former President Michael Ovitz [Wikipedia backgrounder]. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 7:18 am by Ken Davidson
On this day in 2005, a Delaware court ruled that the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company did not breach their fiduciary duty by giving Michael Ovitz a $140 million compensation package. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 3:15 am by John Jenkins
The Delaware Chancery Court recently dismissed a books & records action against The Walt Disney Company premised on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by the company’s board arising out of its decision to publicly oppose Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 10:34 am by Eugene Volokh
Walt Disney Co., decided Tuesday: This books and records action originates from The Walt Disney Company's response to Florida House Bill 1557. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 10:31 am
In re The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation is a long-running and closely-watched case that raises many significant questions concerning the role of law in connection with the governance of large public corporations. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 10:00 am
We couldn't help but notice that Robert Iger, the CEO and President of Walt Disney Corporation, recently received a five year contract. [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 1:23 pm
The comparitive law paper Disney in a Comparative Light (author; with thanks to Adam Savett, now at Securities Litigation Watch, for the notification) explores a number of differences between Delaware and German corporate law, using cases against The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS; opinion) and Mannesmann AG (opinion and press release, both in German) as a starting point. [read post]
29 Dec 2023, 6:30 am
Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, December 29, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of December 22-28, 2023 CEO Succession and The Walt Disney Company Posted by David F. [read post]
29 Dec 2023, 6:30 am
Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, December 29, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of December 22-28, 2023 CEO Succession and The Walt Disney Company Posted by David F. [read post]
31 May 2016, 9:00 am by Albert H. Manwaring, IV
While the prohibition against self-interested transactions by the board is the most fundamental obligation under the duty of loyalty, the good-faith corollary to the duty of loyalty under In re The Walt Disney Derivative Litigation, 907 A.2d 693, 754-55 (Del. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 10:52 am
The trustee further said that material misrepresentations contained in the company's SEC filings were examples of such failure.In support of its holding that corporate officers are fiduciaries, the court noted that in Walt Disney Co. [read post]