WGA leadership slammed by Ken Ziffren as guild election nears - legal guru says it would have lost state case with Big 4 agencies | DeadlineDominic reports
“That was the case they were about to lose in state court, we’ll see how that does in federal court,” he quipped of the Guild’s recent shift in jurisdiction and what he sees as the Davids hopes to outrun the upcoming election clock. That effort to have a pivotal dismissal hearing moved from September 5 to past the mid-month ballot counts was rebuffed in Los Angeles Superior Court. A refusal that Ziffren believes prompted the closing down of the state case by the WGA earlier this week.
As loaded for bear Disney+, AppleTV+, HBO Max and more prepare to enter the digital fray against Netflix and Amazon, opportunity may be found in how the scribes vote. “If the incumbent are elected and voted in, we can expect a continuation of the lawsuit,” Ziffren affirmed, as he also dismissed the Guild’s declaration that lawyers and managers could preform the same duties as an agents for writers who have followed union policy and ditched their reps. “If the insurgents, so to speak, are victorious in whole or in part, we may see a reopening of discussion between the agencies, the ATA and the Guild.
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