The Writers Guild of America has accused the three top agencies it has been locked in a legal battle with — WME, CAA and UTA — of making “multiple misrepresentations” to the judge presiding over its packaging fee case.
The accusation was made in a filing obtained by TheWrap in which lawyers for the guild and its individual claimants that requested the reinstatement of a canceled hearing on May 19 to determine the scope of documents that could be requested for discovery. The hearing was canceled two days after U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte dismissed multiple key claims in the WGA’s lawsuit against the agencies, only allowing them to proceed to trial on state claims of price-fixing, and on claims by individual plaintiffs for breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and breach of contract.