Editing Bert Fields (section)

==See also==
* [[The American Reporter]] – "The Pooh Papers" is an archive of 28 articles in the online daily newspaper written by [[Joe Shea]] about the celebrated Stephen Slesinger Inc. v. Walt Disney Studios case, in which Fields won a preliminary $200 million judgment but was forced to disqualify himself before the matter was heard at trial. The case was ruled in Disney's favor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Andrew |title=Disney wins Winnie the Pooh copyright case |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/sep/30/winnie-the-pooh-disney-law-suit |website=The Guardian |date=30 September 2009}}</ref> 18 years after it was filed in [[Los Angeles Superior Court]], with aspects of it having gone to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  Fields' role in some of the key hearings is explored at length. According to the plaintiffs, Fields' fee (divided among many attorneys) reached $1 million a month before his recusal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-14-fi-pooh14-story.html|title=Pooh Suit Imperiled, Lawyer for Disney Says|last=James|first=Meg|date=June 14, 2003|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref>