WGA Asks Judge To Reject WME’s & CAA’s Request For Injunction To End Long-Running Legal Dispute

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The WGA has asked a federal judge to reject a request by WME and CAA for a preliminary injunction that would force the guild to drop its group boycott against the agencies.Last month, WME and CAA asked US District Court Judge André Birotte Jr.

to end the standoff by ordering the guild to allow the agencies’ writer clients to return to the agencies. They also asked the court to order the WGA to refrain “from utilizing or threatening any form of union sanctions or discipline” against guild members for engaging WME and CAA as the representatives of their writing services.

A hearing is set for Dec. 18.The dispute arose in April 2019 when the guilds ordered all of their members to fire their agents who refused to sign the WGA’s Code of Conduct,