February 08, 2021
The Writers Guild of America has settled with the last holdout in a years-long dispute with talent agencies over project contract fees, the Hollywood writers union and agency William Morris Endeavor told a California federal judge Friday.
January 29, 2021
The trial in a dispute between the Hollywood writers union and talent agency William Morris Endeavor over fees has been pushed back to February 2022 after the sides requested a delay, partly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and raised the possibility of a settlement.
January 04, 2021
Hollywood talent agency William Morris Endeavor can't get an order halting the Writers Guild of America's boycott over a dispute about how agents are paid, a California federal court has ruled, stating that the guild's boycott was protected action under federal labor laws.
December 18, 2020
A California federal judge urged Hollywood talent agency William Morris Endeavor and the Writer's Guild of America to quit blasting each other online and hammer out a deal ending their dispute over fee structures, after Creative Artists Agency reached a deal this past week allowing it to resume representing writers.
December 16, 2020
Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency and the Writers Guild of America unions told a California federal judge Wednesday that they have reached a deal in a dispute over fee structures, allowing the agency to resume representing writers.
November 23, 2020
A California federal court has refused Writers Guild of America's bid to delay a hearing scheduled for next month on a Hollywood talent agency's request for an order to halt the guild's alleged boycott over a dispute about how agents are paid.
November 17, 2020
Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency asked a California federal judge Tuesday to stop the Writers Guild of America's boycott pending a trial, claiming that it has agreed to the union's terms but that the WGA is refusing to negotiate in good faith.
August 13, 2020
Two of Hollywood's top talent agencies lost their bid to pare down counterclaims from the Writers Guild of America unions in a dispute over fee structures, with a California federal judge ruling Thursday that the guilds have standing on state antitrust claims and can seek declaratory and injunctive relief.
July 20, 2020
The Writers Guild of America has reached an agreement with United Talent Agency to end their dueling antitrust claims over fee structures, according to a joint stipulation filed in California federal court, although the union remains embroiled with other major Hollywood talent agencies in the dispute.
July 10, 2020
Hollywood's major talent agencies urged a California federal judge on Friday to dismiss the Writers Guild of America's remaining counterclaims alleging antitrust violations over so-called "packaging fees," rejecting the WGA's assertion that the agencies are seeking to relitigate arguments the judge has already ruled on.