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Disney pushes back against request for CEO documents in streaming antitrust case

By Alex Wilts ( November 13, 2024, 03:06 GMT | Insight) -- The Walt Disney Company opposed plaintiffs’ request for documents from former CEO Robert Chapek and current CEO Robert Iger at an initial discovery hearing today for the parties’ antitrust dispute over Disney’s alleged illegal carriage agreements for ESPN and ESPN-related channels. Counsel for the plaintiffs, Brian Dunne, told US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen, who has been assigned to handle discovery matters for the case, that he thinks “there’s a very good cause” to have Iger and Chapek, during their respective terms as Disney’s CEO, designated as custodians.The Walt Disney Company opposed plaintiffs’ request for documents from former CEO Robert Chapek and current CEO Robert Iger at an initial discovery hearing today for the parties’ antitrust dispute over Disney’s alleged illegal carriage agreements for ESPN and ESPN-related channels....

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