Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDue in part to public health circumstances beyond everyone’s control, the WGA isn’t going to trial against WME and CAA over packaging fees next spring after all.“The parties’ threshold discovery disputes and the COVID-19 pandemic have created significant litigation delays, which have caused unforeseeable delays in the discovery process,” lawyers for the guild and the uber-agencies told a federal judge Tuesday. “Whereas, the parties respectfully request a five-month extension of the existing case schedule provided for in the Scheduling Order to account for these delays.”The filing, Constantine Cannon LLP, Winston & Strawn LLP, and Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP and more added.
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