ICM Agrees To Pay TV Writers $4.5M To Settle Age Discrimination Claims
By Eriq Gardner
A quick update on the report that TV writers settled with ICM over the age discrimination class action.
Paul Sprenger, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, confirms that a deal has been struck. TV writers will get $4.5 million, according to the firm. ICM has also "agreed to establish an independent task force to examine its representation practices, and to participate conditionally in a job relief program that will promote the top 25 percent of older television writers based on script evaluations by a neutral panel qualified experts," according to a statement by the firm.
The settlement concerns only one of the 23 class action lawsuits the plaintiffs have currently pending against various studios, networks, production companies and talent agencies.
an expensive lesson on age discrimination to pay
Posted by: jlex | October 14, 2008 at 07:09 PM