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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 7, 2013

Talent Agencies Act withstands another constitutionality test

A federal judge's dismissing the latest case challenging the constitutionality of the California Talent Agencies Act didn't come as a shock to many entertainment lawyers.


By Ryne Hodkowski


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal judge's dismissing the latest case challenging the constitutionality of the California Talent Agencies Act didn't come as a shock to many entertainment lawyers.


The tough rules of the 1978 Talent Agencies Act, which says that anyone who acts as an agent and "procures employment" for a client must pay a hefty license fee and cannot simultaneously act as a business manage...

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