A federal judge dismissed most of the WGA's claims in its lawsuit against major talent agencies William Morris Endeavor, Creative Artists Agency and United Talent Agency.
against three major talent agencies over long-standing practices that the union believes are illegal.
Birotte did not dismiss all of the WGA’s claims, however. For example, individual writers who are part of WGA’s lawsuit can continue with their claim that the agencies breached their fiduciary duties by not being fully transparent about the use of packaging fees.and affiliated productions. A year ago, thousands of writers fired their agents and were instructed by the WGA to not work with talent agencies that did not agree to the union’s terms..
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