September 28, 2022
A former Twenty-First Century Fox executive who claimed she was terminated without cause after Fox and The Walt Disney Co. merged in 2018 is owed severance benefits, a California federal judge ruled, though she tossed the executive's other claims against the entertainment behemoths.
February 24, 2022
A former Twenty-First Century Fox executive urged a California federal judge to sanction Disney for not appearing at four depositions in her suit claiming she was denied severance pay, saying Disney did not ask the judge to be excused.
August 10, 2021
A former Twenty-First Century Fox executive shot back at Disney's push to narrow her California federal suit claiming she was unlawfully denied severance, calling Disney's argument that she improperly tried to bring individual claims nonsensical.
July 20, 2021
Disney asked a California federal judge to permanently toss a severance benefits suit by a former Twenty-First Century Fox executive on Monday, arguing she still has not alleged an injury linked to the company and is seeking relief under the wrong portion of the relevant statute.
June 14, 2021
The Walt Disney Co. can't shake a suit alleging it unlawfully denied severance benefits to a former Twenty-First Century Fox executive after Disney acquired Fox, with a California federal judge shaving an ERISA claim from the litigation but allowing a breach of contract claim to proceed.
September 21, 2020
The Walt Disney Co. violated federal benefits law when it denied severance pay to a vice president who was "erroneously" deemed to have resigned, the former executive said in a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court.