Writers Guild of America West spent $1.9 million in the last fiscal year on legal bills as it fought a multi-front battle over agency packaging fees. WGA West filed its annual report on Monday with…
West spent $1.9 million in the last fiscal year on legal bills as it fought a multi-front battle over agency packaging fees.
The report shows that the guild paid $992,912 to the firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, based in San Francisco, which has led the fight against the major agencies. The guild also paid $845,770 to Constantine Cannon LLP, in New York, and $94,238 to Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, in Pasadena, Calif., which have also worked on the cases.
The guild directed its members to fire their agents in April 2019 and quickly filed a suit in state court seeking to have packaging fees declared illegal. The suit was ultimately dropped. Meanwhile the major agencies — UTA, CAA and WME — filed their own suit in federal court, accusing the guild of abusing its power and instigating an illegal group boycott, in violation of federal antitrust laws.
Birotte also dismissed most of the union’s claims — including the most incendiary ones — against the guilds. But as the case and the boycott have dragged on, with a trial scheduled for next year, the guild has succeeded in persuading more and more agencies to give up packaging fees. Paradigm, APA, Gersh, Verve and others have signed on to the code of conduct. Last week, UTA alsoand agreed to sunset the practice of packaging in two years — provided the one other major agency also agrees to do so.
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