SHARP v. NEXT ENTERTAINMENT INC.

No. B194374.

163 Cal.App.4th 410 (2008)

HARMON T. SHARP III et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. NEXT ENTERTAINMENT INC. et al., Defendants and Appellants. DANIEL A. SHRIVER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROCKET SCIENCE LABORATORIES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Glenn Rothner, Emma Leheny, Jean Shin; and Robert D. Newman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Altshuler Berzon, Scott A. Kronland, Danielle Leonard and Rebecca Smullin for the Service Employees International Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Protection and Advocacy, Inc., and The Impact Fund as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, William L. Cole, Jeffrey L. Richardson, Emma Luevano and Seth A. Stevelman for Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

ALDRICH, J.

I.

INTRODUCTION

The Writers Guild of America (the Guild) had reason to believe that reality television production companies and television networks violated wage and labor laws. The Guild held meetings during which employees of reality television discussed the purported violations. Some who participated in the meetings, along with other reality television employees, agreed to be the named plaintiffs in...

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