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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 4, 2009

Tentative Deal in Writers' Suit Over Foreign Levies

The Writers Guild of America West said it plans to settle a long-running class-action suit brought against the union on behalf of writers to reclaim millions of dollars in levies on foreign broadcasts and rentals.

By Jean-Luc Renault
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Writers Guild of America West said it plans to settle a long-running class-action suit brought against the union on behalf of writers looking to reclaim tens of millions of dollars in levies on foreign broadcasts and rentals that were never distributed to screenwriters.

The suit accuses the union of withholding funds collected from European and South American countries that impose taxes on televi...

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