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2:55 PM Wednesday's $270M verdict against Walt Disney (DIS) over profits from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is part of a trend of movie studios losing lawsuits. Juries have grown skeptical of "Hollywood accounting" and are not hesitant to award large damages to creative types who cry foul. Juries view studios "in the same light as insurance companies," says one Hollywood litigator.