Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 3, 2009
Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Writers' Settlement
A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between screenwriters and the Writers Guild of America West over tens of millions of dollars in revenue from foreign distribution levies that were never paid out.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between screenwriters and the Writers Guild of America West, bringing to a foreseeable end a four-year legal dispute over tens of millions of dollars in revenue from foreign distribution levies that were never paid out.
The class-action suit was filed in 2005 on behalf of at least 1,000 non-union writers or their...
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