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Nearly a year and a half after United Talent Agency accused one of media's most heralded dealmakers, Michael Kassan, of misappropriating nearly $1 million in business funds for personal use, […] ...
UPDATE, 7:40 PM: The dogfight between UTA and Michael Kassan has gone today from did the ex-MediaLink CEO resign or was he fired to was he asked to stay on at the agency and for how much dough ...
A judge on Tuesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit that former United Talent Agency partner Michael Kassan had filed against the Beverly Hills-based agency’s legal counsel. Kassan sued UTA’s ...
Medialink founder Michael Kassan’s son Alexander Kassan was hit with a federal lawsuit over series of crypto transactions he made before a company went bankrupt amid his dad's legal issues ...
Wren compared Kassan to Lew Wasserman, the legendary studio head and talent agent. “What Lew Wasserman was to the talent business, Michael is to the media consultancy business,” he said.
Kassan’s lawyer Sanford Michelman told TheWrap: “Michael resigned on March 6 and elected not to take the $10 million non-compete from UTA. They then freaked out and made these claims to attack ...
In all of the exorbitant fallout from Michael Kassan’s exit from UTA earlier this month even the lawyers are getting shrapnel now. Following a Deadline article of March 25 in which the agency ...
United Talent Agency has amended its lawsuit against former MediaLink chief Michael Kassan — striking its initial claims against its former partner to move those grievances to arbitration. The ...
Michael Kassan John Lamparski / Getty Images / UTA After more than a year of fighting in court, the press and behind closed doors, UTA and Michael Kassan have buried the hatchet.
Michael Kassan was Mr. Cannes even before he sold MediaLink to the festival’s parent company, Ascential. This week, with Cannes Lions 2019 kicking off, Kassan spins tales of Cannes past, present and ...
“Michael Kassan not only fails to abide by the partner services agreement but does not even bother to read it,” said the Hollywood pugilist. “Had he done so, he would have seen the exact language in ...