As negotiations for a new Writers Guild contract enter their final phase, the Association of Talent Agents has sent its member-agencies a 22-page summary of the “force majeure” provisio…
. Force majeure, the ATA notes, “is a provision in a contract that addresses the parties’ obligations if an extraordinary event directly prevents one or both parties from performing.”WGA Sends Out Strike Rules To Members As Potential Hollywood Labor Shutdown Looms Next Week
Each of the guilds treats force majeure differently, but generally they establish the terms under which the companies can or cannot contractually suspend or terminate deals. At the start of the 2007-08 WGA strike, for instance, Universal Media Studios cited the force majeure provisions in the Screen Actors Guild contract when it notified regulars on several of its shows, including
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