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CAA and TV Writers Reach Accord in Age Discrimination Class Action Case
A class action filed by older television writers alleging widespread age discrimination by the Creative Artists Agency Inc. (CAA) settled recently, marking the end of related litigation against the major players in the entertainment industry. Under the deal, preliminarily approved in March, the class members and the plaintiffs, as well as their attorneys, would receive nothing. But CAA agreed to donate $150,000 and 60 hours in consulting services to TV Writers Fund for the Future, a nonprofit, Washington-based organization that was created under an earlier settlement to provide writers with emergency loans and networking opportunities.
A decade ago, thousands of writers over age 40 sued the television networks, production studios and talent agencies for alleged age discrimination. Since 2008, 22 of the cases have settled for a combined $74.5 million, including a $70 million 2010 agreement resolving 19 class actions against 17 networks and studios and seven talent agencies.
CAA, which denied wrongdoing, was the lone holdout. “In the case against CAA, there simply wasn't evidence that CAA discriminated against them on the basis of age,” says the agency's attorney, Anthony Oncidi, a partner in Proskauer Rose's Los Angeles office. Steven Sprenger, a partner at Sprenger & Lang in Washington who represents the plaintiffs, did not return a call for comment.
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