A day after a Los Angeles federal judge dismissed most of the WritersGuildofAmerica's claims in its lawsuit against the major agencies, the guild wrote a note to its members on its next steps
"The agencies will be required to defend, in public, those practices that for decades they sought to keep private," the guild stated.most of the Writers Guild of America's claims in its lawsuit against the major agencies, the guild wrote a note to its members on its next steps.
On April 27, judge Andre Birotte dismissed 8 of 14 claims, with racketeering and federal price fixing charges unable to be refiled by the guild. Of the racketeering charge, the federal judge wrote that the "Guild's allegations fail to demonstrate that they face a real or immediate threat of irreparable injury."
"Discovery – which the agencies have reason to fear and which has already begun – will now proceed in force. The agencies will be required to defend, in public, those practices that for decades they sought to keep private," the guild wrote to its members. The Writers Guild has 14 days after the April 27 ruling in order to file an amended complaint. The guild's note to members on Tuesday is below: Yesterday the federal judge handed down a decision on motions in the lawsuit the WGA filed against WME, CAA and UTA. He upheld some of our claims and dismissed others. The most disappointing of those dismissed was the racketeering charge.
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