By Beverly Banks (November 2, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT) – The Writers Guild of America West has urged a California federal court to reject a former “Key & Peele” showrunner’s offer for class certification in a lawsuit alleging union and Viacom affiliates failed to pay screenwriters royalties for shows on streaming platforms, claiming the complaint was filed eight months too late.
The WGAW argued in response to the complaint on Monday that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California should deny the group’s certification because writer Jay Martel filed his complaint after the six-month statute of limitations set by the national labor relations law. The union also argued that Martel …
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