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LOS ANGELES (CN) A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a Hollywood entertainment firm’s effort to end a Writers Guild boycott over packaging fees, finding that the court lacks jurisdiction to enjoin the protest since it’s a protected labor action under federal law. William Morris Endeavor and other top agencies sued the guild, claiming it stifled entertainment competition by directing thousands of its writers including Tina Fey and Seth MacFarlane to fire agents who didn’t sign a guild pact to invalidate the fees. Most TV and film writers hire talent agencies to find them work and negotiate package deals or contracts that bundle multiple talents for a project with studios, who in return, pay agencies packaging fees. ....
December 18, 2020 12:06pm PT by Ashley Cullins Court Urges WME and Writers Guild to End Feud: Real People are Paying a Price During This Dispute Courtesy of WGA West While hearing arguments on the mega agency s motion for an injunction, U.S. District Court Judge André Birotte Jr. encouraged the parties to keep their focus on writers well-being. A California federal judge on Friday emphatically encouraged WME and the Writers Guild of America to resolve their dispute, the last fight in the waning war between Hollywood talent agents and the WGA. WME the only major agency currently left standing in November filed a motion for an injunction that would end the mandate that writers fire any agents that haven’t signed on to the WGA’s new rules regarding packaging fees and studio ownership. The legal battle, which launched in April 2019, originally included the other major talent agencies but, since then, UTA, ICM and CAA have all reached deal ....
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