Walt Disney loses $319mln award appeal in TV caseDecember 5, 2012 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Walt Disney Co., the Burbank, Calif., entertainment provider, lost an appeal of a ruling that awarded $319 million to the producer of the television program "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" According to MarketWatch, the producer, Celador International Ltd. of the UK, had charged Disney and some of its subsidiaries with breach of their contract to share the profit from the show. In a July 2010 verdict, a jury awarded Celador $269.4 million and the trial court later awarded $50 million of interest. The ruling affirming the verdict against Disney, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was announced by Celador's attorneys, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP of Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Disney's ABC unit told the Los Angeles Times that the company was "extremely disappointed" with the ruling. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |