Labor/Employment
Mar. 20, 2012
Hollywood agency settles age discrimination case
The Creative Artists Agency has settled with 115 class members who described themselves as "older" television writers, agreeing to pay $150,000 to an assistance fund, but without paying legal fees or direct plaintiffs' awards.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - During the past four years, 22 talent agencies and studios settled a collection of lawsuits for a total of nearly $75 million paid to older television writers who claimed they had been discriminated against based on age.
But throughout the process, Creative Artists Agency refused to budge.
That may have been a good strategy. On Monday, the agency announced it had settled with 1...
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