Nonfeatured Artist's Class Certified In Case Over Unions' Payment From Royalties

Mealey's (September 16, 2020, 3:28 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Sept. 14 certified a class of nonfeatured song artists suing two unions and trustees over the creation of a service fee in 2013 to be paid to the unions from digital royalties for services the unions were allegedly already providing (Kevin Risto v. Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, et al., No. 18-7241, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168372)....