Moez Kaba of Hueston Hennigan is one of the finalists of The Recorder's Entertainment Lawyer of the Year award. Read a Q&A with him below. What’s your proudest professional achievement of the past ...

Disney has released the first teaser for its live-action "Moana," hitting theaters July 10, 2026. Catherine Lagaʻaia stars as Moana alongside Dwayne Johnson as Maui, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton) ...

Screenshot from Walt Disney's 2016 "Moana" animated movie. (YouTube via Courthouse News Service). LOS ANGELES (CN) — Walt Disney Co. asked a judge Wednesday to slap sanctions on five plaintiff ...

This month, after half a decade of litigation, the copyright infringement case against Disney over its beloved animated film Moana finally reached a conclusion, with a jury finding non-infringement ...

On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit. In Buck G. Woodall v. The Walt Disney Co., et al., screenwriter and ...

On Monday, a jury decided that MOANA was not copied from writer and animator Buck Woodall’s script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.” The writer had shared his script with a relative, Jenny Marchick, who ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man's claim that Disney's "Moana" was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated ...