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CBS has put in development multi-camera law school comedy Class Action, from Jay McGraw and Dr. Phil McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions, former Modern Family executive producer Dan O’Shannon, John Cochran (The Millers) and CBS Television Studios. Written by O’Shannon and Cochran, Class Action is based on Jay McGraw’s…

Over a year and a half after a quartet of production assistants launched a class action lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way, Red Granite Pictures and others over not being paid minimum wage and overtime, everyone today is asking a federal judge to sign off on the six-figure settlement…

More than three years after The Hollywood Reporter was accused of playing fast and loose with how it classified contributors to get out of paying benefits and more, a judge has approved a class-action settlement that will see the red-faced Prometheus Global Media publication paying out $900,000. The preliminary…

The Prometheus Global Media publication's dispute with a former freelancer just took on a whole new form – one that could really open the books on the way The Hollywood Reporter does business. In a pivotal hearing on Friday, Judge Jane Johnson issued a ruling certifying a nearly 2-year old case against the company and…

EXCLUSIVE: Over two years after director Colin Higgins’ estate sued Paramount and Universal over dramatically underpaying home video royalties, the latter has come to a multi-million-dollar deal to end the matter."The Settlement, memorialized in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated April 30, 2015…