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Blawg Review #256
Melange is the source of power in the universe, as the Spacing Guild ’s navigators rely on the spice to navigate between worlds, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood require it for their rituals, and the rest of the universe is addicted to it for its life-extending powers. The Spacing Guild isn’t cheap, especially at military rates.
Cyberlaw Central - Sunday, March 21, 2010
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AFTRA Board Approves Joint Bargaining With SAG
At a videoconference meeting today in New York and LA, AFTRA’s national board unanimously voted to approve joint bargaining with SAG for the Primetime Television Contract and the SAG TV/theatrical contract. The AFTRA press release is below. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law.
Digital Media Law - Saturday, February 27, 2010
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SAG Moves towards Joint Bargaining with AFTRA
The SAG National Board yesterday passed a resolution, by a surprising 82% to 18% vote, directing the guild’s president and National Executive Director to “seek engagement with AFTRA in a joint bargaining agreement for negotiation of the Television/Theatrical Contract,” as quoted in a SAG press release.
Digital Media Law - Sunday, January 31, 2010
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  • SAG No News Press Release
    SAG's out with a press release confirming what was first reported about 10 hours ago. The press release also gives short bios of the two new highly-qualified people stepping in to right the ship, David White as interim NED and John McGuire as Chief Negotiator. The board further appointed longtime Guild senior advisor John T.
    Digital Media Law - Monday, January 26, 2009
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  • SAG - Hardliners Successful
    After analyzing the document, Screen Actors Guild’s in-house and outside counsel have concluded that the document does not constitute a valid written assent, for several reasons, including a lack of sufficient signatures and the absence of any language on the document demonstrating the intent of the signers to grant their assent to the proposal.
    Digital Media Law - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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  • SAG Moves towards Joint Bargaining with AFTRA
    The SAG National Board yesterday passed a resolution, by a surprising 82% to 18% vote, directing the guild’s president and National Executive Director to “seek engagement with AFTRA in a joint bargaining agreement for negotiation of the Television/Theatrical Contract,” as quoted in a SAG press release.
    Digital Media Law - Sunday, January 31, 2010
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  • SAG Moderates File Document to Fire National Executive Director
    The civil war at the Screen Actors Guild has gone nuclear. Guild president Alan Rosenberg is unmentioned in the document and would remain in place until his term ends in September. This unprecedented level of obstruction has paralyzed the Guild. The question now becomes whether SAG will accede to the assent, as it were.
    Digital Media Law - Monday, January 26, 2009
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  • WGA Candidates for President and Board Announced
    For more details, see the press release below. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Guild members will receive candidate and non-candidate statements and rebuttal statements, if any, with their ballots prior to the election. Weiss. Rodman (inc.), Patric M. means incumbent.]
    Digital Media Law - Monday, June 22, 2009
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  • SAG Strike Authorization Ballots Delayed
    The Screen Actors Guild has delayed sending out the strike authorization ballots until January 14 at the earliest, representing an approximately two-week delay from the originally scheduled mailing date of January 2. You can rely on your Guild. The LA Times beat me on this one by about a half hour.
    Digital Media Law - Monday, December 22, 2008
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  • SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
    In a stunning defeat for the hardline Membership First faction, SAG's TV/theatrical contract passed overwhelmingly, by a 78%-22% margin (almost 4 to 1), those numbers according to the guild. Variety first reported the story, prior to the guild's announcement, with a 1% difference in the numbers. The pact becomes effective at 12:01 a.m.
    Digital Media Law - Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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  • SAG Board Approves Studio Deal
    Although the deal is expected to be ratified, it won’t achieve the over 90% thumbs-up that the Writers Guild deal did last year. Details and analysis of the deal are available here , and below are press releases from SAG, AFTRA (a rival actors union) and the AMPTP (the alliance representing the studios). percent to 46.62 to 10%.
    Digital Media Law - Monday, April 20, 2009
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  • SAG National Executive Director Firing – How it Went Down
    Doug Allen then came to the meeting room and asked the actors if there was anything that any of them wanted to say to him directly. wish Screen Actors Guild and its members success and I have been honored to serve them. Effective immediately, Doug Allen is terminated as an employee of Screen Actors Guild. See below.
    Digital Media Law - Monday, January 26, 2009
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  • SAG Awardsgate: Frances Fisher Makes Amends
    Last week’s flap over politicization of the SAG Awards seems so, well, last week, what with the marathon SAG Board meeting earlier this week that started on Monday, ground on into the night , and ended 28 hours later as a failed attempt at union democracy, the moderate majority thwarted by an endless filibuster.
    Digital Media Law - Thursday, January 15, 2009
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