A Federal Court Judge has granted SAG-aftra’s motion to dismiss much of a suit filed by Ed Asner and others that claimed the union had under-paid members on foreign residuals, the union said Monday. “We basically got everything we asked for and the vast bulk of the plaintiff’s frivolous complaint has been dismissed, as it should have been,” SAG-aftra counsel Bob Bush of Bush Gottlieb said in a statement. U.S. District Court, Central Division Judge Manuel Real made the ruling in the downtown L.A. court house. SAG-aftra in July filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit...
- 10/7/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
SAG-aftra said it got what it asked for after a court ruling Monday significantly reduced the scope of a lawsuit filed by a group led by Ed Asner. In July the union petitioned the court to reduce the scope of Asner's suit, asserting in part that his group's claims are a recycling of allegations made in a separate case by "Leave it to Beaver" star Ken Osmond. That suit was settled in 2010. In a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, a federal judge granted SAG-aftra's motion to dismiss the vast majority of the plaintiff’s complaint. “We applaud the judge’s action today," Bob Bush, SAG-aftra's counsel, stated. "We basically got everything we asked for and the vast bulk of the plaintiff’s frivolous complaint has been dismissed, as it should have been.” Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-aftra's general counsel, added: “We’re very pleased the court granted our...
- 10/7/2013
- backstage.com
Monday morning in U.S. District Court, Judge Manuel Real granted almost all of SAG-aftra's motions to dismiss and to strike portions of the lawsuit filed against the union by Ed Asner and 15 others alleging improprieties in the distribution of residuals and foreign royalties. Those motions, however, did not seek dismissal of the entire complaint and so the action remains live. Story: Ed Asner Explains Hollywood Silence on Obama, Syria: They 'Don't Want to Feel Anti-Black' According to plaintiff's attorney Sunny Wise, the lawsuit will continue notwithstanding the hope expressed by the union's counsel, Bob Bush, that
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- 10/7/2013
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Federal Judge James Otero accepted on Tuesday the proposed order filed by the parties dismissing the federal lawsuit that sought to enjoin the SAG/AFTRA merger referendum, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The move marks the formal end to the litigation. The referendum passed almost two months ago and last week, the parties filed a settlement agreement to dismiss the case. That came after a letter from plaintiffs’ counsel David Casselman released Wednesday, addressed to SAG-aftra’s outside lawyer, Bob Bush, in which Casselman agreed to dismiss the case. Under the settlement, neither side will pay damages or attorneys fees to
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- 5/22/2012
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The parties to the federal lawsuit that sought to enjoin the SAG/AFTRA merger referendum – which passed almost two months ago – have filed a settlement agreement to dismiss the case. The move was expected, in light of a letter from plaintiffs’ counsel David Casselman released Wednesday, addressed to SAG-aftra’s outside lawyer, Bob Bush. In an unusual addition to otherwise customary legal language, the agreement includes a statement that “while Plaintiffs still believe in the merits of their assertions, they agree that it is in the best interests of SAG/AFTRA to terminate this litigation and move forward in unity.
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- 5/17/2012
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit that sought to enjoin the SAG/AFTRA merger referendum – which passed almost two months ago – have decided to voluntarily dismiss the case, according to a letter from their lawyer, David Casselman. “After careful consideration, largely reflecting on the results of the recent merger election, my clients have reached the conclusion that continued prosecution of the pending litigation would not assist the cause they initially sought to champion,” said the letter, addressed to SAG outside counsel Bob Bush. In response, SAG-aftra executive vice president Ned Vaughn said, “Dropping this frivolous lawsuit is
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- 5/17/2012
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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