1741, Report:
#28757
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 3 Orlando Florida
Defendants' Concerted Efforts to Evade Regulation as Employment Agencies
42. GBL 170 - 190 were consistently understood to apply to "modeling agencies" such as Defendants until the 1970's, when - according to court papers filed by counsel for Defendant Elite (then a newcomer ch...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1742, Report:
#28756
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 4 Orlando Florida
Defendants' Unlawful Price Fixing Scheme
48. Defendants' scheme to evade state law limiting their fees, and their agreement on what fees to charge, is also a clear violation of federal antitrust law.
49. As noted, evidence of the inception of this unlawful scheme comes from ...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1743, Report:
#28755
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 5 Orlando Florida
Defendants' Illegal Exchanges of Information
to Facilitate their Price-Fixing: Conspiracy
52. Defendants have maintained their collusive price structure through the years in various ways, including formal and informal meetings at which they have exchanged information on rates, ...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1744, Report:
#28754
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent lawsuit Part 6 Orlando Florida
72. Instead of honoring those obligations to Plaintiffs, Defendant's conduct and admissions show that they do not even consider Plaintiffs to be their clients. If Defendants truly were managers of the models, then they would refer to the models as their clients.
If Defendants ar...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1745, Report:
#28753
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 7 Orlando Florida
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (price-Fixing as Per Se Violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
85. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 85 as if set forth fully herein.
6. For least the last several years, Defendants have been engaged in an unlawf...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1746, Report:
#28752
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 8 Orlando Florida
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Conspiracy to Evade State Price Regulation as Per Se Violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
92. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 85 as if set forth fully herein.
93. For least the last several years, Defendant...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1747, Report:
#28751
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 9 Orlando Florida
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION (Other Wrongful Conduct in Violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
97. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 85 as if set forth fully herein.
98. Defendants possess significant market power. Collectively, Defendants are r...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1748, Report:
#28750
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
Options Talent Lawsuit Part 10 Orlando Florida
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION ~ (Violations of GBL 170 -190)
104. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 85 as if set forth fully herein.
105. GBL 186 provides in relevant part, "Any employment agency which collects, receives or retains a fee or othe...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1749, Report:
#28736
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2002
Options Talent Agency Scam Lawsuit Los Angeles Times Orlando Florida
Here is the rest of the report from the Los Angeles Times about the lawsuit. I am trying to get a copy of the lawsuit. When I do I will post it
By LISA GIRION, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Eight top modeling agencies were accused in a class-action lawsuit Tuesday of violating federal a...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies
1750, Report:
#28700
Posted Date:
Jul 15 2004
Options Talent lawsuit alleges certain agencies illegally fixed fees and charged excessive commissions Orlando Florida
Just wanted to ad anoyther thing about the company. They are being sued big time by a bunch of models. This is part of an article from the LA Times. I know they are very nervous about being sued.
Models Get Tough; Their lawsuit alleges that certain agencies illegally fixed fee...
Entity
Options Talent, Orlando, Florida, 1
Categories: Modeling Agencies