Page 13 - RICHERT V. WGA - JUDGE WEST JAN 10 2010

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NEGOTIATIOI{S.
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IT'S BEEN IT iS 2
APPROVED 8Y THE COURT, }IHAT
IT IS, I
3 AND DON'T THINK BECAUSE, IIAYBE, A
FEW YEARS
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EXPERIENCE LED TO DIFFERENT PROVISIOI1S III T}IE
SCREEN
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ACTORS
AND URITERS CUILD DEALS TIIAT ARE NOT IN THE D.6.A,

6 DEAL THAT I{E NECESSARILY
REPoRT THosE REQUIREI.IENTS; wtTH

7 THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOIIE ISSUES HERE, tF
AND t.lE HAVE TO
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OEAL WITH IHEI4, T,JE HAVE TO DEAL HITH THEII,

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SO DO YOU WANT TO START? IIY FIRST TWO

10 COII}.IENTS ARE KIND OF PRELIIIINARY -- I
U]IDER WHERE PROVIDE

11 SPECIFIC COII}IENTS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THOSE,
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J0HNSOIi?

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AGAIN, OVER_ARCHING Tt{E FACT

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TiIAT THE C0URT,S FUi{CTION IS IT Is
BECAUSE RETAII,IED

JURISDICTION IS TO EI{SURE THAT THE CLASS IS
BEII{G TREATED
16 FAIRLY, I
AND SPEAK AS ATTORNEY, ON BEHALF OF THE
CLASS,
17 AND IT'S A VERY
WEAK CLASS BY CONSTITUENCY BECAUSE THEY,RE

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NOT ORGAI{IZED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE,
OR FASHION.
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19 AI'ID WOULD SAY ALSO, AS A
GENERAL
20 PRELII{II{ARY
NOTE, THAT THE D,G.A,'S ATTITUDE HAS SEEII
TO
21 sAY, WrLL Cor{ply" -- .trE.ARE
',WE COfipLyrNG ONLY WrrH THE
"
22
LETTER. IN t.IY OPINION -.AI{D I IS .-
THINK THE EVIDENCE

23 IHEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT COI,IPLYING UITH THE SPIRIT
OF THE
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SETTLE}IEI{T AGREE ENT; AIID.}IORE FuNDAI{EIITAI-LY,
WHAT THEY
25 S}IOULD 8E DOING
SII.ICE THEY'RE COLLECTING AND PAYIIiIG
OUT
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OTHER PEOPLE'S IIOIiEY, IF --
AND THEY }IANT TO AND

27 REIIIEI.IBER, IIY CLASS HERE, ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOT i.IEI,IBERS

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OF THE UNION, UNLIKE W,G,A. AND S.A.G.

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