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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association has rejected a $2.5 million settlement offer from Kjersti Flaa, the Norwegian reporter whose lawsuit set off a controversy that led to the cancellation of next year’s Golden Globes.Flaa filed the suit last August after being twice denied membership in the tiny club of foreign journalists that votes on the Globes.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Wins Dismissal of Norwegian Reporter’s Antitrust Suit

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Norwegian reporter who accused the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of freezing her out of access to celebrity interviews.Kjersti Flaa sued the organization last August, saying that she had been repeatedly denied membership. In the complaint, she argued that the HFPA functions like a cartel, as its members divvy up the market for foreign entertainment coverage, and reject anyone who poses a competitive threat.Judge Stanley Blumenfeld dismissed the lawsuit back in November, but gave Flaa an opportunity to amend her complaint.

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HFPA Wins Antitrust Suit From Journalist Denied Membership, For Now

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has proven successful in having Kjersti Flaa’s ambitious lawsuit against the tightknit group behind the Golden Globes tossed out, for the time being.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Wins Dismissal of ‘Cartel’ Lawsuit

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of using its clout to control the market for overseas entertainment coverage.In a ruling issued on Friday, Judge Stanley Blumenfeld tossed the lawsuit brought by Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian reporter who alleged that she had been repeatedly denied membership because she posed a competitive threat to other Scandinavian members.The HFPA has 85 members from around the world who are best known for voting on the Golden Globe Awards.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Admits Three New Members

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small body of reporters that votes on the Golden Globe Awards, announced on Friday that it has admitted three new members.They are Yulia Charysheva of Russia, Sabrina Joshi of India and Danielle Kool from the Netherlands. The group now has 85 members.Joshi is the daughter of Ahmed Lateef, who was a longtime member of the HFPA until his death in 2015.

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HFPA Argues Antitrust Suit Should Be Tossed Because Plaintiff Had “Substantial Success” Without Being A Member

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticTurns out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association don’t think being member of the organization is really that helpful in Tinseltown.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Seeks to Dismiss Norwegian Reporter’s Lawsuit

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association moved on Monday to throw out a Norwegian reporter’s lawsuit, arguing that she has not been harmed by being denied admission to the organization.Kjersti Flaa filed the complaint on Aug. 3, alleging that HFPA members use their clout to monopolize entertainment coverage in foreign territories.

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Golden Lawsuit: HFPA Sued In Antitrust Action By Norwegian Journo Denied Membership

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticOver six months before the 78th annual Golden Globes are set to air on NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association today finds themselves awkwardly exposed in the legal spotlight.“The HFPA is so focused on protecting its monopoly position and tax-free benefits that it has adopted Bylaw provisions that exclude from membership all objectively qualified applicants who might possibly compete with an existing members,” declares a revealing antitrust lawsuit filed Monday in federal court by unsuccessful membership applicant Kjersti Flaa against the often furtive 87-member strong organization (READ IT HERE).

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Accused of Being an Illegal Cartel

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Norwegian entertainment reporter sued the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Monday, alleging a “culture of corruption” under which reporters abuse their power to suppress competition.Kjersti Flaa filed the complaint in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that the HFPA operates as a cartel in violation of antitrust laws. The HFPA has 87 members, whose primary function is to vote on the annual Golden Globe awards.According to the suit, the organization repeatedly rejected Flaa’s application for membership.

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HFPA Rejects $2.5 Million Settlement Offer From Norwegian Reporter

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