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Defendants

 

The defendants named in each of the 19 settling cases are listed below. 

By clicking on the case number of each case, you can access the Settlement Agreement and the Proposed Judgment for each case.

The Settlement Agreement is first; scroll down to read the Proposed Final Judgment.

All other settlement documents are the same in each of the 19 cases.  You may access those documents on the Settlement Documents page.  Click here.

1. Case No. 268 836
   Cecile Alch, et al., v. Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., The WB Television Network Partners, L.P., Warner Bros. Television, Castle Rock Television, A Division of Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. 
   
   
2. Case No. 268 837
   Ron Neal, et al., v. Viacom Inc. and United Paramount Network
    
3. Case No. 268 838
   Steve Young, et al., v. DreamWorks SKG TV LLC
   
   
4. Case No. 268 839
   William Bast, et al., v. Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., Greenblatt Janollari Studio, Inc., Regency Television, LLC, Twentieth Century Fox Television, a division of Twentieth Century Fox International Television, Inc., Twentieth Television, Inc.
   
   
5. Case No. 268 840
   Levy, et al. v. The Gersh Agency, Inc.
   
   
6. Case No. 268 841
   Tom Edwards, et al., v. The Carsey-Werner Company, LLC, Carsey-Werner Production, LLC
   
   
7. Case No. 268 842
   Tracy Wynn, et al., v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc., NBC Entertainment, NBC Productions and NBC Studios, Inc.
   
   
8. Case No. 268 843
   Hindi Brooks, et al., v. William Morris Agency, Inc.
   
   
9. Case No. 268 844
   Jason Brett, et al., v. Walt Disney Company, ABC, Inc., Walt Disney Pictures and Television, Touchstone Television Productions, LLC, Miramax Productions, Inc., Buena Vista Television
   
   
10. Case No. 268 845
    Dan Distefano, et al., v. Columbia TriStar Television, Inc.
    
    
11. Case No. 268 847
    Eisenson, et al. v. Lucy Stille & Associates, Inc., d/b/a Paradigm Talent & Literary Agency, et al.
    
    
12. Case No. 268 848
    Lang, et al. v. Shapiro-Lichtman, Inc., d/b/a Shapiro Lichtman-Stein
    
    
13. Case No. 268 849
    Neal, et al. v. The Endeavor Agency, Inc.
    
    
14. Case No. 268 877
    David Kinghorn, et al., v. Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Television & Networks Group, Inc., Universal Television, Inc., Universal Television Entertainment, Inc., Universal Television Enterprises, Inc., Universal Television Enterprises Production, Inc., Universal Studios Network Programming f/k/a Brillstein Grey Entertainment, Studios USA LLC, USA Networks
    
    
15. Case No. 268 878
    Jay Moriarty, et al., v. Viacom Inc., Paramount Studios, Inc.,Viacom Productions, Inc.
    
    
16. Case No. 268 880
    Yanok, et al. v. Agency for the Performing Arts, Inc.
    
    
17. Case No. 268 881
    Schwartz, et al. v. United Talent Agency, Inc.
    
    
18. Case No. 268 882
    Bob Shayne, et al., v. Viacom Inc. and CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Entertainment, CBS Productions, CBS Television Network, CBS Corporation
    
    
19. Case No. 268 883
    Austin Kalish, et al., v. Viacom Inc., Spelling Entertainment Inc., Spelling Television, Inc., Spelling Daytime Television, Inc.
    

Defendants and Affiliates covered by the Settlement

 

An alphabetical list of the defendants and some of their affiliates covered by the Settlement follows:

 

Note:  F/K/A means “formerly known as.”

 

12:05 AM PRODUCTIONS, LLC
AARON SPELLING PRODUCTIONS, INC.
ABC CABLE NETWORKS GROUP
ABC FAMILY
ABC, INC.
AGENCY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC.
AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.
THE BARN PRODUCTIONS
BIG TICKET PRODUCTIONS INC.
BIG TICKET TELEVISION INC.
BRAVO MEDIA LLC
BUENA VISTA PRODUCTIONS
BUENA VISTA TELEVISION
THE CARSEY-WERNER COMPANY, LLC
CARSEY-WERNER-MANDABACH PRODUCTIONS, LLC F/K/A CARSEY-WERNER PRODUCTIONS, LLC
CASTLE ROCK TELEVISION, A DIVISION OF CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CBS BROADCASTING INC.
CBS CORPORATION F/K/A VIACOM INC.
CBS STUDIOS INC. (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION DIVISION, PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION)
CBS STUDIOS PRODUCTION LLC F/K/A VIACOM PRODUCTIONS INC. AND VIACOM PRODUCTIONS LLC
COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISON, INC.
DISNEY CHANNEL
DW DRAMATIC TV L.L.C., F/K/A DREAMWORKS DRAMATIC TELEVISION, LLC
DW SKG TV L.L.C., F/K/A DREAMWORKS SKG TV LLC
DW TV L.L.C, F/K/A DREAMWORKS TELEVISION LLC
THE ENDEAVOR AGENCY, LLC
ESPN PRODUCTIONS
ESPN, INC.
FINAL STRETCH PRODUCTIONS, INC.
FOX 21, INC.  
FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
FOX LATE NIGHT PRODUCTIONS, INC.
FOX NITETIME PRODUCTIONS, INC.
FOX SQUARE PRODUCTIONS
FOX TELEVISION ANIMATION, INC.
FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS, INC.
FX NETWORKS, LLC
GALAXY WAY PRODUCTIONS, INC.
GENESIS, A LITERARY AGENCY
THE GERSH AGENCY, INC.
THE GERSH AGENCY NEW YORK, INC.
GONE FISSION, INC.
GREENBLATT JANOLLARI STUDIO, INC.
GREENGRASS PRODUCTIONS
HORNRIM PRODUCTIONS, INC.
LUCY STILLE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
MIRAMAX FILM CORP
MIRAMAX PRODUCTIONS, INC.
MIRAMAX TELEVISION
NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
NATIONAL STUDIOS INC.
NBC ENTERTAINMENT
NBC PRODUCTIONS
NBC STUDIOS, INC.
NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. F/K/A NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. F/K/A VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT LLP
NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT
OPEN 4 BUSINESS PRODUCTIONS LLC
OXYGEN MEDIA LLC
PARADIGM TALENT AGENCY
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION
PENNEBAKER LLC
REALAND PRODUCTIONS LLC
REDWEED PRODUCTIONS, LLC
REGENCY TELEVISION, LLC
REY SEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
S.G.A. REPRESENTATION, INC.
SHAPIRO-LICHTMAN, INC.
SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC.
SPELLING DAYTIME TELEVISION INC.
SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT LLC F/K/A SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC.
SPELLING TELEVISION INC.
STRIKE-A-MATCH PRODUCTIONS
STUDIOS USA PICTURES DEVELOPMENT LLC
STUDIOS USA PROGRAMMING LLC
STUDIOS USA TELEVISION LLC
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.
TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, LLC
TRISTAR TELEVISION, INC.
TVM PRODUCTIONS, INC.
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION
TWENTIETH TELEVISION, INC.
UPN
UNITED TALENT AGENCY, INC.
UNIVERSAL NETWORK PROGRAMMING LLC
UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION LLC
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, INC.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS NETWORK PROGRAMMING F/K/A BRILLSTEIN GREY ENTERTAINMENT
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION & NETWORKS GROUP, INC.
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES, INC.
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES LLLP
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES PRODUCTIONS, INC.
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT LLC
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION GROUP LLC
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION, INC.
USA CABLE ENTERTAINMENT DEVELOPMENT LLC
USA NETWORKS, INC.
USI NETWORK DEVELOPMENT LLC
UT AVAILABLE LLC
VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT LLLP
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
WALT DISNEY PICTURES AND TELEVISION
WALT DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION
WARNER BROS. TELEVISION
THE WB TELEVISION NETWORK PARTNERS, L.P.
WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, LLC
WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR ENTERTAINMENT, LLP
WRITERS & ARTISTS AGENCY, INC.