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Civil Litigation,
Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 13, 2018

Talent Agencies Act tentatively survives another challenge

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said the remedies sought by the plaintiff are better sought from the state.

Talent Agencies Act tentatively survives another challenge
SIEGEL

LOS ANGELES -- It's not often that argument against a tentative ruling elicits applause from a federal court audience -- let alone twice.

Yet that's what happened Monday when plaintiff Rick Siegel, a former talent manager turned ardent opponent of the 1978 Talent Agencies Act, pleaded with U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to reconsider dismissing his case.

Likely contributing to the peculiar la...

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