David Robb Labor EditorA federal judge today denied the WGA’s motion to compel the Big 3 talent agencies to produce more documents than they’d originally agreed to turn over in their ongoing legal battle over packaging fees.It was another win for WME, CAA and UTA — though they didn’t get away cleanly: U.S.
Magistrate Alexander MacKinnon, who’s overseeing the discovery portion of the case, admonishing them for “backtracking” on an earlier stipulation about the number of documents they’d already agreed to produce.The two sides had submitted briefs about the scope of discovery only hours after U.S.
District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. threw out most of the guild’s claims on April 27, including claims for federal price-fixing, racketeering.
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