A federal judge has dismissed Frances Fisher’s lawsuit against SAG-AFTRA, in which the actress accused the union and several of its former and current leaders of breaching their duty of fair representation over the raising of eligibility requirements for coverage under the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan
. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder dismissed the suit with prejudice Thursday, meaning that Fisher and her co-plaintiffs cannot refile it. Snyder previously has dismissed the suit without prejudice and allowed Fisher to file an amended complaint.
Fisher, who is first vice president of the union’s Los Angeles Local and a member of its national board of directors, named former SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, former national executive director David White, chief contracts officer Ray Rodriguez and several other SAG-AFTRA officials as defendants. Other plaintiffs in the case included SAG-AFTRA members David Andrews, Belinda Balaski, Stephen Hart, Raymond Harry Johnson,...
. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder dismissed the suit with prejudice Thursday, meaning that Fisher and her co-plaintiffs cannot refile it. Snyder previously has dismissed the suit without prejudice and allowed Fisher to file an amended complaint.
Fisher, who is first vice president of the union’s Los Angeles Local and a member of its national board of directors, named former SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, former national executive director David White, chief contracts officer Ray Rodriguez and several other SAG-AFTRA officials as defendants. Other plaintiffs in the case included SAG-AFTRA members David Andrews, Belinda Balaski, Stephen Hart, Raymond Harry Johnson,...
- 7/30/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Quibi may be gone, but the legal battles over the doomed Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman run short-form subscription video service have continued – until now.
A year and a half after Elliott Management-backed interactive-video company Eko accused the then soon-to-launch Quibi of stealing the technology behind the much touted Turnstyle feature, the likely exhausted parties have struck a deal.
Set to be filed in federal court in the next few days for official confirmation, Quibi corporate successor Qbi Holdings, LLC and Eko have agreed to end their lawsuits against each other. Details of the deal are confidential, but no money changed hands, Deadline hears.
At one point in the lawsuits, Eko had been asking for just over $96 million from Quibi.
What has changed hands today is the Turnstyle IP and tech.
Allowing viewers to literally flip their devices for whole new aspects of particular programming, the much-hyped smartphone feature...
A year and a half after Elliott Management-backed interactive-video company Eko accused the then soon-to-launch Quibi of stealing the technology behind the much touted Turnstyle feature, the likely exhausted parties have struck a deal.
Set to be filed in federal court in the next few days for official confirmation, Quibi corporate successor Qbi Holdings, LLC and Eko have agreed to end their lawsuits against each other. Details of the deal are confidential, but no money changed hands, Deadline hears.
At one point in the lawsuits, Eko had been asking for just over $96 million from Quibi.
What has changed hands today is the Turnstyle IP and tech.
Allowing viewers to literally flip their devices for whole new aspects of particular programming, the much-hyped smartphone feature...
- 9/15/2021
- by Dominic Patten and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
A day after Ed Asner died at the age of 91, his lawsuit against the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan was allowed to live on.
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder indicated at a hearing that she would deny a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Asner joined nine other actors in suing the health plan last December over its decision to exclude nearly 12,000 union members from health coverage.
The plan informed members in August 2020 that it was raising the earnings floor for eligibility, citing rising costs and the dire situation brought about by the Covid-19 production shutdown. Without the plan changes, the trustees warned that the fund would run out of money by 2024.
Asner, a former SAG president, alleged in the suit that he would lose his health benefits because his earnings — excluding residuals — did not reach the new, $25,950-a-year coverage threshold. The suit accused the health plan of discriminating against older members,...
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder indicated at a hearing that she would deny a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Asner joined nine other actors in suing the health plan last December over its decision to exclude nearly 12,000 union members from health coverage.
The plan informed members in August 2020 that it was raising the earnings floor for eligibility, citing rising costs and the dire situation brought about by the Covid-19 production shutdown. Without the plan changes, the trustees warned that the fund would run out of money by 2024.
Asner, a former SAG president, alleged in the suit that he would lose his health benefits because his earnings — excluding residuals — did not reach the new, $25,950-a-year coverage threshold. The suit accused the health plan of discriminating against older members,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A California federal judge has rejected Eko’s emergency request to freeze some of Quibi’s assets in a dispute over the technology the since-shuttered platform uses to transition video from landscape to portrait mode.
That technology, dubbed Turnstyle by Quibi, has been the center of the legal battle since March. Quibi launched in April and on Oct. 21 announced it would be shutting down operations, which prompted Eko to file a motion asking the court for emergency relief. Effectively, the company wanted U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to order Quibi not to sell the intellectual property that’s ...
That technology, dubbed Turnstyle by Quibi, has been the center of the legal battle since March. Quibi launched in April and on Oct. 21 announced it would be shutting down operations, which prompted Eko to file a motion asking the court for emergency relief. Effectively, the company wanted U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to order Quibi not to sell the intellectual property that’s ...
- 11/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A California federal judge has rejected Eko’s emergency request to freeze some of Quibi’s assets in a dispute over the technology the since-shuttered platform uses to transition video from landscape to portrait mode.
That technology, dubbed Turnstyle by Quibi, has been the center of the legal battle since March. Quibi launched in April and on Oct. 21 announced it would be shutting down operations, which prompted Eko to file a motion asking the court for emergency relief. Effectively, the company wanted U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to order Quibi not to sell the intellectual property that’s ...
That technology, dubbed Turnstyle by Quibi, has been the center of the legal battle since March. Quibi launched in April and on Oct. 21 announced it would be shutting down operations, which prompted Eko to file a motion asking the court for emergency relief. Effectively, the company wanted U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to order Quibi not to sell the intellectual property that’s ...
- 11/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi hasn’t had a lot of good news since its April 6, but today the courts gave the A-lister rich mobile streamer a boost.
“The Motion fails to make a sufficient showing of irreparable harm to Eko’s reputation and goodwill because of the technical implementation of Turnstyle that allegedly resulted from misappropriation of Eko’s claimed trade secret Mobile Device Optimized Rts,” ruled a federal judge today in the Meg Whitman-run Quibi’s bare knuckles legal slap down with the Elliott Management-backed interactive-video company Eko (Read It Here).
With conflicting complaints fired off from both parties since late March, the Jbf Interlude 2009 Ltd controlled company sought a motion for a preliminary injunction against Quibi and its much hyped Turnstyle function – which would have really cramped the struggling app’s style.
“Having considered the parties’ arguments, the submission in support thereof, the Joint Report, and...
“The Motion fails to make a sufficient showing of irreparable harm to Eko’s reputation and goodwill because of the technical implementation of Turnstyle that allegedly resulted from misappropriation of Eko’s claimed trade secret Mobile Device Optimized Rts,” ruled a federal judge today in the Meg Whitman-run Quibi’s bare knuckles legal slap down with the Elliott Management-backed interactive-video company Eko (Read It Here).
With conflicting complaints fired off from both parties since late March, the Jbf Interlude 2009 Ltd controlled company sought a motion for a preliminary injunction against Quibi and its much hyped Turnstyle function – which would have really cramped the struggling app’s style.
“Having considered the parties’ arguments, the submission in support thereof, the Joint Report, and...
- 7/14/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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