WGA Threatens To Sue Agents, Claims Packaging Fees Are 'Illegal Kickbacks'

The Writers Guild of America has come up with a new legal theory in its threat to sue the talent agencies over packaging fees – that they "represent illegal kickbacks to an employee representative under federal labor law." The guild threatened to sue the agencies last week, but this is the first time it's alleged that the packaging fees agents receive for bringing together the creative and financial elements of shows are “illegal kickbacks." Up until now, the guild has…