Entertainment & Sports,
Administrative/Regulatory
May 16, 2019
Is the current enforcement of the TAA defensible?
On its face, the Writers Guild of America’s war with the Association of Talent Agents wanting to eliminate packaging and agencies having equity in production entities is a classic two-party dispute. But the WGA’s real target is the current interpretation and enforcement of California’s Talent Agencies Act.
Rick Siegel
Rick is a former personal manager who is often engaged as an expert witness on the history, construction and application of the Talent Agencies Act.
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On its face, the Writers Guild of America's war with the Association of Talent Agents wanting to eliminate packaging and agencies having equity in production entities is a classic two-party dispute. But the WGA's real target is the current interpretation and enforcement of California's Talent Agencies Act (Labor Code Sections 1700 et seq.), which has allowed the agencies to engage in those two practices. T...
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