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Aug 2024
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Disney Lawyers Learn That Discretion Is ...

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About this episode

Just because you can make an argument, doesn't mean you should.

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Disney's lawyers made headlines last week, but not the good kind like you want. After lawyers argued that a free trial to Disney+ required a wrongful death suit to move to forced arbitration, we wondered how everyone from outside to inside counsel dropped the ball here. Immediately after recording, Disney backtracked. Also, is Skadden falling behind? And we talk legal technology!

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