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CAA Didn’t Steal Writer’s Idea for TV Pilot but May Have Blacklisted Him, Judge Rules
A judge ruled that CAA did not steal a client's idea for a TV show called 'Main Justice,' but ordered a trial over alleged blacklisting of him.
But Judge Kerry Bensinger also found that the agency has an obligation to be faithful and honest to clients, and may have breached that duty when it placed the writer on a secret list of underperformers. Musero argued that his agents effectively stopped working diligently on his behalf, harming his career, and that amounts to a breach of fiduciary duty. In their motion for summary judgment, CAA’s lawyers said they had found “no authority to support that a talent agent or agency owes a duties of fidelity and honesty to clients” and that therefore the “blacklisting” claim should be thrown out.
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