WME & CAA File Objections To WGA’s Request To Cross-Examine Their Top Officials At Upcoming Court Hearing

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WME and CAA have filed objections to the WGA’s request to cross-examine several of their top officials at a December 18 court hearing on the agencies’ motions for a preliminary injunction that would force the guild to drop its group boycott against them.The ongoing legal dispute arose in April 2019 when the WGA East and West ordered their members to fire their agents who refused to sign the guilds’ Code of Conduct, which banned packaging fees and agency affiliations with related production companies.

Since then, every major agency except CAA and WME has signed a modified code that phases out packaging fees and reduces ownership interests of production companies to just 20%.According to WME’s objection, the WGA wants to cross-examine WME