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Law Practice

Jan. 6, 2009

A Legal Telenovela Starring Several Courtroom Titans Begins This Week

Two Spanish-language media giants, Mexico's Grupo Televisa and the Los Angeles-based Univision Communications Inc., are set to bring their long-running clash to trial Tuesday in a high-stakes breach of contract lawsuit potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Two Spanish-language media giants, Mexico's Grupo Televisa and the Los Angeles-based Univision Communications Inc., are set to bring their long-running clash to trial Tuesday in a high-stakes breach of contract lawsuit potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The dispute stems from a 25-year program licensing deal where Televisa agreed to supply "telenovelas" (nightly soap operas)...

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