CAA has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the WGA, claiming that the guild has engaged in an “unlawful group boycott.” The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, is similar to l…
). “The group boycott is, as the WGA’s leadership has freely acknowledged, a ‘power grab.
The WGA, the suit claims, “has conspired with and induced non-labor groups— including producers, and non-licensed managers and attorneys—to join and/or aid and abet the group boycott. It has also tried to coerce the employers with whom the WGA has a collective bargaining agreement, including the major television production studios, to do the same. One purpose of the boycott is to restrain the agencies from engaging in the commercial activity commonly known as television packaging.
“The WGA claims that its group boycott and efforts to restrain competition are justified by the possibility of a ‘conflict of interest’ created by packaging and affiliated production, but this purported justification cannot withstand scrutiny, because the WGA is enforcing its Code of Conduct through group boycott even in circumstances presenting no actual conflict of interest.
“The WGA has illegally enlisted unlicensed attorneys and managers to assist them in facilitating the group boycott and restraint of trade. Under California’s Talent Agencies Act , only licensed talent agents may procure artistic employment in the film and television industries for writers. It is flatly illegal for unlicensed artist managers or attorneys to procure a writer’s employment in film or television production.
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