by Edwin F. McPherson | Mar 6, 2020
Author: Edwin F. McPherson1 The Talent Agencies Act (“TAA” or the “Act”) was enacted in California ostensibly to regulate talent agencies in the state, and to ensure that individuals and companies that were functioning as talent agencies were...
by Edwin F. McPherson | Aug 18, 2014
A new decision by the California labor commissioner is the first in which a manager was determined to have violated the state’s Talent Agencies Act because he procured a record producer agreement. Steve Lindsey, et al., v. Lisa Marie (and …
by Edwin F. McPherson | Mar 28, 2012
FOR 30 YEARS, CALIFORNIA’S TALENT AGENCIES ACT has been a hotbed of litigation. The act prohibits anyone who is not a licensed talent agent from procuring employment for artists, which include actors, directors, recording artists, songwriters, models, and a...
by Edwin F. McPherson | May 28, 2009
Edwin F. McPherson* I. INTRODUCTION California’s Talent Agencies Act (the “Act” or “TAA”),1 which regulates licensed talent agents and prohibits anyone without a license from acting in that capacity, has long needed an overhaul. Despite tremendous (and...
by Edwin F. McPherson | Mar 1, 2007
In June 2006, the California Court of Appeal in Marathon Entertainment, Inc. v. Blasil1 applied the longstanding rule of severability of contracts to a case involving the Talent Agencies Act.2 The appellate court held that, if it is possible to…
by Edwin F. McPherson | Jan 28, 2002
Styne v. Stevens1: The California Supreme Court Has The Final (But Not The First) Word On The Talent Agencies Act I. INTRODUCTION The California Supreme Court recently clarified the murky waters of the limitations period mandated by California’s Talent...
by Edwin F. McPherson | May 1, 2001
Introduction The California Court of Appeal recently answered the question posed by other recent appellate court cases: “Does the one-year limitations period mandated by California’s Talent Agencies Act1 really mean one year?” California Labor Code section 1700.44(c)...
by Edwin F. McPherson | Dec 1, 2000
The act is not protecting the new artists it was designed to help The Talent Agencies Act1 has, once again, saved a helpless artist from the perils of unscrupulous management. This time the personal manager was so unethical, so utterly…
by Edwin F. McPherson | Jun 1, 1999
PERSONAL manager who charges no commission for soliciting A employment for an artist nevertheless violates the California Talent Agencies Act, Cal. Labor Code Sec. 1700 et seq., the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two, has decided....
by Edwin F. McPherson | May 25, 1997
Introduction Several years ago, the Talent Agencies Act1 was an effective tool for regulating unscrupulous agents and would-be agents, and the Labor Commissioner was a rigorous enforcer of the law. In fact, as recently as two to three years ago,…
