Director William Webb has sued the DGA for allegedly overstepping its authority in collecting foreign levies on behalf of nonmembers, echoing a nearly identical suit Webb's attorneys filed against the WGA in the fall. Webb (Sunset Strip, California Girls), who has never belonged to the DGA, is seeking class-action status for the Los Angeles Superior Court action filed Thursday on behalf of any other person who is allegedly owed foreign levies by the DGA. "This secret collection and retention of monies has been going on for 14 years," according to the lawsuit. "In the case of Webb and other nonmembers of the union, DGA has not obtained from them the right to collect such monies, nor informed them that it has collected such monies, nor paid out such monies."...
- 5/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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