Moderates Fire Allen, Appoint McGuire Chief Negotiator
SAG moderates, thwarted in their attempts to fire Doug Allen at a marathon national board meeting earlier this month, suceeded today in ousting the national executive director and chief negotiator by issuing a written assent decree. The moderates also dissolved the negotiating committee and replaced it with a task [...]
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Doug Allen steps down from SAG
Move follows brutal battle over negotiations
By DAVE MCNARY
Doug Allen is stepping down as national executive director and chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild following a brutal internal battle over how he’s handled SAG’s long-stalled negotiations.Allen notified staff Monday afternoon of his departure via an email that thanked them for their work.
The move came [...]
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Inside the SAG Boardroom
By Jonathan Handel
Sources from inside SAG’s marathon board meeting blasted Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg as a “corrupt and dirty chair,” asserting that he and his Membership First allies repeatedly abused parliamentary rules throughout the “surreal” 28-hour national board meeting earlier this week in order to suppress the SAG board’s moderate [...]
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Digital Media Law
Thoughts about the latest news in the law and business of digital media, traditional entertainment, IP, and technology. From Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at TroyGould in Los Angeles.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
SAG: No Good Reason to Strike
There’s turmoil planned for the upcoming Jan. 12-13 SAG National Board meeting, reports the LA Times. SAG’s [...]
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