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Netflix Closes Deal with SAG-AFTRA

By Jody Simon on August 10, 2022

Netflix may be on the outs with the Writers Guild, but has had better luck in its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA. The SAG-AFTRA National Board just approved resoundingly a new…

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Posted in Artists, Digital, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions

Netflix Must Pay Writers Residuals of $42 million

By Jody Simon on August 10, 2022

The Writers Guild has scored a $42 million arbitration award against Netflix for unpaid residuals.

The arbitration involved the Sandra Bullock feature Bird Box. The picture was released for…

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Posted in Digital, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions, Litigation and Statutory Developments

Animation Guild Posts Further Gains

By Jody Simon on June 12, 2022

The Animation Guild (TAG) is on a roll. The union very recently announced a settlement with the AMPTP, the studios’ bargaining representative, on a new blanket contract, up for a…

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Posted in Artists, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions, Professional Representation, Television

Animation Guild, Studios Sing in Toon with New Deal

By Jody Simon on May 31, 2022

After coming perilously close to its first strike since 1945, the below-the-line union IATSE ratified an accord with producers in November, 2021. The new Basic and Videotape Agreements covered most…

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Posted in Artists, Digital, Film, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions, Television

IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes on Strike Authorization

By Jody Simon on October 5, 2021

IATSE, the union representing below-the-line production workers from cinematographers and editors to grips and hair stylists, has moved a crucial step closer to its first strike since 1945. In a…
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Posted in Artists, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions, Professional Representation, Television, Theater

Gaffers, Grips Going, Gone as IATSE Threatens Walkout

By Jody Simon on September 27, 2021

We are not out of the woods yet.

Just as Hollywood was coping with the early effects of the pandemic, it barely avoided a Writers Guild strike. After a…
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Posted in Artists, Film, General Entertainment Law News and Updates, Labor Unions, Litigation and Statutory Developments, Professional Representation, Television

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