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Disney Ends Two-Year Legal Battle with Florida, Signaling a New Chapter

The Background: Disney's Political Stand and the Florida Battle

Over the past two years, Disney has been embroiled in a contentious political and legal fight with the State of Florida. The conflict was ignited when then-CEO Bob Chapek, influenced by internal activist pressures including current CEO Bob Iger, publicly positioned Disney as an opponent of Florida's so-called "Parental Rights in Education" bill—widely mischaracterized in the media as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Disney declared that they would oppose the legislation, which aimed to regulate how topics related to gender and sexuality could be addressed in schools.