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ICM settles age discrimination suit


August 19, 2008 ICM has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle an 8-year-old class action discrimination lawsuit filed by TV writers who claim they were squeezed out of jobs because of their age. The ICM case is among 23 filed by the writers against agencies, networks and production companies. The plaintiffs claimed agents aided and abetted networks and studios in the discrimination by refusing to rep them or refer older writers to production studios.

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