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Law Practice

Sep. 4, 2008

Guild Settles With Non-Union Directors Over Foreign Levies

The settlement is the first in a series of class actions accusing the DGA and other guilds in the entertainment industry of holding on to foreign levy money owed to talent.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      LOS ANGELES - William Webb, the director of low-budget, straight-to-video releases like "Delta Fever" and "The Hit List," has never held a guild card.
      Like thousands of other smaller players in Hollywood who operate outside the studio system, he said he didn't have much use for any union that wo...

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