Disney Revamps In-House Law Team to Meet Complex Legal Needs (1)

The Walt Disney Co. has made key hires and other strategic moves to reorient its law department as the media and entertainment environment evolves.

New jobs have been created and titles clarified under a streamlined structure, according to two sources with direct knowledge of Disney’s roughly 1,400-strong legal group. Disney has gone through several rounds of layoff within the last year, so the conglomerate has sought to tighten its belt, including by investing in legal operations to get the most of its legal services providers.

Litigation risks stemming from the rise of new technologies like generative artificial intelligence, as well ...