Judge Dismisses WGA Claims That Packaging Fees Are ‘Kickbacks’

A federal judge on Monday dismissed most of the Writers Guild of America’s lawsuit against the major talent agencies, including claims that packaging fees amount to illegal kickbacks. U.S. Di…

A federal judge on Monday dismissed most of the Writers Guild of America’s lawsuit against the major talent agencies, including claims that packaging fees amount to illegal kickbacks.in its countersuit in October. The countersuit is part of a broader battle between the guild and the major agencies over the practice of packaging., CAA and UTA — originally filed an antitrust suit against the union last summer.

The guild has been defending the agencies’ antitrust suit, and filed its own countersuit last fall. In the countersuit, the guild leveled its own antitrust allegations, accusing the agencies of conspiring together through the auspices of their trade group and refusing to bargain individually. Birotte dismissed the racketeering allegations, finding that the law was aimed at corrupt union officials and was not meant to apply to talent agents.

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