Contracts
Oct. 6, 2022
This may be the year the Talent Agencies Act is properly enforced
Sending a personal manager to the Labor Commissioner for procuring employment for an artist is like sending someone to traffic court for driving through a green light.
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.
In 2013, I authored a column in the Daily Journal entitled, "A generation of incorrect Talent Agencies Act rulings," explaining how the Act's controlling precedent - Buchwald v. Superior Court, 254 Cal. App.2d 347 (1967) - misinterpreted four State Supreme Court cases.
Buchwald holds that those who procure employment without first obtaining a talent agency license have violated that ...
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