Dispute between Patti Davis, manager thickens

November 06, 2008 Coppage, who is based in Studio City, responded to Davis' complaint with the state's labor commissioner Thursday, claiming her former client's effort to void their contract is unconstitutional. "Ms. Davis' reaction is far from unique: though the legislature's original intention was to rightly shield those who needed statutory protection, the act is now almost uniformly used as a sword by those utilizing the statutes only to avoid paying otherwise owed and deserved commissions," Coppage claims in her response. Manager Rick Siegel, owner of Marathon Entertainment, has gone as far as the California Supreme Court to try to change how the TAA is applied to managers.

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