Embattled HFPA Scores Legal Win In Membership Spat With Norwegian & Spanish journalists
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deadline.comContending with a strong and consistent backlash from top talent and PR powerhouses over its lack of any Black members, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had a bit of a good day for once, at least on the legal front.Late Tuesday, a federal judge tossed out the remnants of an antitrust suit against the Golden Globes hosting group by Norwegian and Spanish journalists who wanted to join the 87-member HFPA – and Judge Stanley Blumenfeld shut the door hard.“Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is DISMISSED without leave to amend,” said the U.S.
District Judge in a March 23 ruling made public today (read it here).“In denying leave to amend, the Court has concluded that it would be futile to give Plaintiffs another opportunity to do so,”
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