Big 3 Talent Agencies, Saying There Is “Clear Possibility” Judge May Dismiss WGA’s Antitrust Suit, Seek Stay Of Document Discovery
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deadline.comBy David Robb Labor Editor EXCLUSIVE: The Big Three talent agencies, locked in an antitrust lawsuit with the WGA, have asked a federal judge to temporarily stay discovery on certain documents sought by the guild, saying there is a “clear possibility” the guild’s counterclaims against them will be dismissed.
On January 6, U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. denied the WGA’s motion to dismiss the antitrust lawsuits filed against it by WME, CAA and UTA, but he has yet to rule on the agencies’ motion to dismiss the guild’s counterclaims against them.
Oral arguments on that motion were held on January 24. In a motion filed with the court Wednesday (read it here), the agencies said that even though they believe “that a stay might be
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