{"id":2321826,"date":"2026-03-10T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2321826"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:54:11","slug":"caa-settles-underperforming-writers-list-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/caa-settles-underperforming-writers-list-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"CAA Settles \u201cUnderperforming Writers\u201d List Lawsuit Ahead of Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1136750\/\">CAA<\/a> has settled a lawsuit with a writer who had accused the agency of breaching its duty by placing him on blacklists.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the writer, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6902047\/\">John Musero<\/a>, 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\u2019t disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d a spokesperson for CAA tells <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1151586\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Expected witnesses at the trial included <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0815070\/\">Aaron Sorkin<\/a>, who Musero worked with as a scribe on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1870479\/\">The Newsroom<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2199555\/\">Peter Micelli<\/a>, who ran CAA\u2019s television department at the time but now runs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0817344\/\">Range Media Partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The long-running case started in 2019 when Musero claimed that&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAA has settled a lawsuit with a writer who had accused the agency of breaching its duty by placing him on blacklists. 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. 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