This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.
For companies, congressional oversight usually creates legal and advisory costs, but adverse headlines are the greatest hazard, said attorneys and analysts.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
13 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, Parker asked the Supreme Court to throw out the requirement to pay Maricopa County’s legal fees in the case, arguing such sanctions would deter attorneys from bringing aggressive or novel legal claims.
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