Members of the Actors’ Equity union have won new contract negotiations, which will be in place until September 2025. The new contract includes minimum salary increases in each year of the three-year agreement, better paid sick leave benefits, a decrease in weekly rehearsal hours after a show opens, and one additional personal day off for...Read More
Flo Rida won a two-year court battle over a breach of contract dating back to 2010. His company, Strong Arm Productions, sued Celsius Holdings Inc. in May 2021, claiming they violated their agreement with him, and now he was awarded $82.6 million in damages. The settlement includes 260K shares in the company, making Flo Rida...Read More
DGA leaders said their upcoming contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers “promises to be an extremely challenging negotiating environment – one of the most difficult and complex we have faced in many years.” The guild’s current contract expires on June 30. While no date has been set yet for the commencement...Read More
Two of the three members of “Gap Band,” Robert and Ronnie Wilson’s heir’s suit alleges BMG is in breach of contract over unpaid royalties. Their lawsuit requests defendants pay their attorney fees, compensatory damages, and an audit of royalty payments since 2015. The filing claims BMG also has refused to provide “sufficient documentation for plaintiffs...Read More
The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and fellow executive producers and AMC have reached a tentative compromise after a six-year court battle over $200M profits. Kirkman filed the lawsuit last November over modified adjusted gross receipts. The dismissal filing from Kirkman’s Sullivan & Triggs lawyers and the subsequent arbitration occurred just two months after the show...Read More
