Lawyers

• Sony to settle plaintiffs in animation wage litigation

  Sony Pictures has reached a settlement deal with the opponents, who accused the company of making secret contracts with other studios to limit wages and halt hiring of animation staffs.

• Sony Studio The Second to Reach Settlement in Anti-Poaching Suit

  Blue Sky Studios reached a multi-million dollar settlement in an anti poaching suit against multiple animation studios. Sony will soon follow to sign a settlement in a lawsuit against animations studios. The lawsuit was filed by former visual effect artists over over wage-fixing and anti-poaching agreement allegations.

• 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' production company face charges over Harrison Ford's broken leg

  Britain's Health and Safety Executive has filed a lawsuit against the production company behind "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for violating workplace health and safety laws.

• Disney hit with a new discrimination lawsuit from a security worker

  On the heels of the two class-action suit filed last week, Disney is once again hit with a legal threat by one of their veteran employees. The plaintiff allegedly faced discrimination or retaliation in the security division of the well-known resort.

• Disney sued by ex-employees for conspiring with outsourcing firms to hire cheaper immigrant workers

  Ex-Disney employees, Leo Perrero and Dena Moore, are suing the giant entertainment company for conspiring with outsourcing firms to hire cheaper immigrants using the H-1B visas.

• Walt Disney faces lawsuit for allegedly conspiring to replace American employees with H-1B visa workers

  Lawsuits were filed against the Walt Disney company and two other global consulting companies after they allegedly conspired to replace American employees in Walt Disney World in Florida with H-1B visa immigrant workers. Disney denied the allegations against them.

• “Big Hero 7” Update: SPOILERS ALERT! Tadashi Himada alive? Changes in the characters probable

  In the sequel of Big Hero 6, it is rumored that Tadashi Hamada will be alive though it was portrayed that he died in the movie. He is expected to play the villain of Big Hero 7.

• Family of sunken El Faro crew member files $100 million lawsuit

  The family of a crew member missing from the El Faro cargo ship is seeking $100 million in a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the owners and captain of the ship that sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane two weeks ago.

• New Luxembourg leaks reveal Disney, Koch Industries tax deals

  Tax deals that entertainment firm Walt Disney Co, commodities group Koch Industries and others agreed with the Luxembourg authorities were revealed on Tuesday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).