Lawyers for the writer, John Musero, informed the court on Monday of a deal to resolve the case ahead of a trial set to start with opening statements this week. The agreement is conditioned on the completion of certain terms within 45 days. Further details weren’t disclosed.
“We are glad to finally move on from this meritless lawsuit, which produced no finding of wrongdoing by CAA and was resolved for what amounts to nuisance value,” a spokesperson for CAA tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Expected witnesses at the trial included Aaron Sorkin, who Musero worked with as a scribe on The Newsroom, and Peter Micelli, who ran CAA’s television department at the time but now runs Range Media Partners.
The long-running case started in 2019 when Musero claimed that…
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