“Logo Text YouTube’s Hiring of Longtime Disney Executive Justin Connolly to Serve in A Newly-Created Role As Global Head of Media and Sports Has Sparked Ag. Disney, in a lawsuit Field on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Alleges Breach of Contract, Tortouos Interhood With Contactual Relations and Unfair Competition.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
YouTube’s Hiring of Longtime Disney Executive Justin Connolly to Serve in a Newly-Created Role As Global Head of Media and Sports Has Sparked A Lawsuit Against The Google
Disney, in a lawsuit Field on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Alleges Breach of Contract, Tortouos Interhood With Contactual Relations and Unfair Competition. It Seeks A Court Order to Block The Hiring, Arguing that Connolly Could Leak Confidential Information OR Trade Secrets Belfile to Disney Ahead of A Licensing Renewal With YouTube.
Connolly and Disney Last Year Entered Into A Deal in Whol Hen Agreed to Stay with The Company Until The End of 2027, Access to the Complaint. Under the terms, he was baarred from engaging in dealings with competitors and had a one-time right to terminate the agreement for any Reason ason as Long as HE Provides.
The Lawsuit Accuses YouTube of Inducing Connolly Into Breaching The emphasis Agreement. Despite Knowing of Connolly’s Exclusive Deal with Disney, YouTube Offered Connolly a Job to Spearhead It Media and Sports Division.
Disney Learned of YouTube’s Offer in April Dringing A Critical Time in Connolly’s 20 Year Plus Long Tenure in a Company Was in the Midst of Several Important Produces Launches Largest Distribution Deals, Account to the Lawsuit. Notably, Connolly Leads The Disney Team Negotating A License Renewal with YouTube.
“Connolly has intimate Knowledge of Disney’s Other Distribution Deals, The Financial Details Concerning Disney’s Content Being Licensed to YouTube, and Disney’s Neal. with Respect to Youtube, ”Writs Kevin Gaut, A LAWYER for Disney, In The Complint. “IT would be extramely prejudicial to disney for connolly to breach the Contract WHICH HE NEGOTated Just A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SWITCH Teams Wot of Disney. that is trying to poach him. ”
Last Week, Connolly Notified Disney of His Resignation. WHEN ASKED IF HE INTENDED TO WORK FOR YOUTUBE, HE Allegedly Didn’t Respond. His exit comes as the company rolls out it is the new espn streaming Service.
Disney Decklined to Comment, While YouTube Didn’t ImmediaTely Respond to a Request for Comment.
The Lawsuit Is Reminiscent of Fox in 2016 Suing Netflix Over the Defection of Production Execution Tara Flynnn and Marketing Exectory Marcos Walteenberg, Wich Ledt. Employment Contracts Were UnenForceable As an illegal non-comte. In that casse, the court ruled that Netflix Can’T recruit the fox execs.