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TV Cos. Win Toss of SAG-AFTRA's Royalties Suit for Now

Loeb & Loeb Litigation partners John Gatti and Lauren Fried were mentioned in a Law360 article for representing DirecTV affiliates in a suit dismissing the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ (SAG-AFTRA) complaint claiming the companies did not compensate union members with royalties for a television show based on Stephen King’s novel “Mr. Mercedes.”

According to the publication, U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin ruled that the union did not properly bring allegations under federal labor law or copyright law.

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