Disney and Celador are finally getting their day in court. Opening statements were today in the long-awaited $250 million trial over profits from the hit game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The ...

PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - ABC urged the 9th Circuit to overturn an unprecedented $319 million judgment to the British creators of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." A nine-member federal jury had awarded ...

Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network and Buena Vista Television units will ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $319 million judgment won two years ago by the U.K. creators of Who Wants to Be a ...

EXCLUSIVE: The nasty six-year legal battle over profits from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is about to come to a final answer. A judge in Riverside, Calif., has set a May 26 trial date in the $250 ...

LOS ANGELES: A California jury today ordered The Walt Disney Company to pay Celador International $269.4 million in damages, ruling that Disney breached its profit sharing agreement for ABC’s version ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) - A $269 million verdict against Walt Disney Co. followed a critical ruling by Judge Virginia Phillips allowing the British company Celador International to proceed in an action over ...

After six years of legal maneuvering, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” creator Celador International gets its day in court with a $270 million lawsuit against Disney, which the production company ...

Judge Virginia Phillips issued a 54-page which upholds the July verdict that Disney and its ABC and Buena Vista Television subsidiaries cheated Celador out of millions by cutting sweetheart deals to ...

When a jury hands down a $269 million verdict — and an appellate court confirms it — studios take notice. The practice of “self-dealing” is at the heart of British production company Celador’s dispute ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Perhaps studio executives should start volunteering for jury service. Wednesday's $270 million (177.5 million pound) verdict against the Walt Disney Co. over profits ...

LOS ANGELES: A California District Court has awarded Celador International $50 million in prejudgment interest, in addition to the previously awarded $269.4 million in damages in its case against The ...