Overview
- Los Angeles Superior Court records reflect a Notice of Settlement of the entire case resolving Disney’s breach-of-contract suit over YouTube’s hiring of Justin Connolly.
- The settlement conditions dismissal on the satisfactory completion of specified obligations within 45 days, with a request for dismissal due by Jan. 5, 2026.
- Terms were not disclosed, and the case centers on Connolly leaving Disney in May, five months into a new three-year deal, to become YouTube’s global head of media and sports.
- In June, Judge James C. Chalfant denied Disney’s bid for a restraining order, and YouTube stated Connolly would be walled off from negotiations with Disney and bound by confidentiality obligations.
- The resolution lands as Disney and YouTube continue time-sensitive carriage talks facing a Thursday 11:59 p.m. ET deadline that could trigger ESPN and ABC blackouts on YouTube TV, which has said it would offer a $20 credit if programming is disrupted.