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Entertainment & Sports,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Jul. 3, 2019

Third talent agency sues Writers Guild of America in antitrust case

For a third time within a week, the Writers Guild of America has found itself named as a defendant in a talent agency’s antitrust action.

For a third time within a week, the Writers Guild of America has found itself named as a defendant in a talent agency's antitrust action.

A recent code of conduct change instituted by the WGA restrains competition "on a staggering scale using illegal means," the Creative Artists Agency LLC claims in a lawsuit filed Monday in the Central District of California, in a commercial market the union "has no authority to regulate."

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