Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Next Entertainment Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 2008No. B194374PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
I
INTRODUCTION
The Writers Guild of America (the Guild) had reason to believe that reality television production companies and television networks violated wage and labor laws. The Guild held meetings during which employees of reality television discussed the purported violations. Some who participated in the meetings, along with other reality television employees, agreed to be the named plaintiffs in two wage and labor law class action lawsuits against the production companies and the networks (collectively defendants). Thereafter, the trial court denied defendants’ motion to…
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