CAA Opposes Recusal in Writers’ Case, Claims That Plaintiff David Simon Settled With Agency in 2000

The legal battle between the Writers Guild of America and the four largest talent agencies heated up Wednesday with CAA sending a letter criticizing as “frivolous” and “preposterous” the WGA’s suggestion that the judge recuse himself because his wife once worked for a precursor of a defendant talent agency and has also worked for production companies that may have paid packaging fees to talent agencies.