Disney Asks Judge to Dismiss ‘Mandalorian’ Actress Gina Carano’s Lawsuit

A Disney attorney asked a federal judge in California on Tuesday to dismiss former “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano’s lawsuit, arguing that her claims are barred by the First Amendment. As a company that creates “speech products,” Disney cannot be forced under state law to “speak through” actors whose “outside speech undermines the organization’s message,” attorney Daniel Petrocelli argues in the motion to dismiss Ms. Carano’s lawsuit. “It is an impermissible effort to invoke state power to override a private entity’s decisions about what to say in its own art and how to say it. The complaint should be dismissed,” Mr. Petrocelli states in his motion....