Word: actions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expect to see a cartoon version of Katzenberg's lawsuit against Disney anytime soon. A film about that trial, which had Hollywood adrool over a public brawl between two of the town's most potent moguls, would be a drama of rage and rancor. Call it An Uncivil Action...
Last week, suddenly, peace broke out. Nearly five years after Katzenberg abruptly left Disney, where he had run the animation and live-action film units, and two years after he sued for what he saw as his rightful share of profits from the movies he shepherded there, the two sides settled. "Enough is enough!" Katzenberg was told by David Geffen, the DreamWorks partner who brokered the settlement with Disney board member Stanley Gold. "This time it's for real. It can get done, and therefore it should get done." It got done, early last week, at Geffen's Malibu beach...
...misleading smokers about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes. Though the industry has settled big cases brought by several states seeking reimbursement for their costs in caring for victims of smoking-related illnesses, the Florida verdict marks Big Tobacco's first loss to individual citizens in a class action. It could signal even bigger liabilities in the future...
While the University has been accused of dragging its feet on labor issues in the past, Rudenstine has taken an active role in collecting data on casual employment. He took the unusual action of writing letters to the heads of the individual schools, asking that they comply with University guidelines by July...
...data-collecting initiative is not the only action the University is taking to try to assess its labor practices. In addition to pursuing the data-collecting initiative, the University also appointed an interfaculty task on employment practice in April, partially in response to the Living Wage Campaigns effort to lobby for a minimum $10 an hour wage for all Harvard employees...