Now theBryan Lourd-led CAA is after Range in open court for alleged theft and some big bucks.

Click to readCAAs four-claim lawsuit.

Range therefore engages in lucrative transactions foreclosed to law-abiding talent agencies, aka agencies like CAA.

CAA sues Range Media Partners

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CAA will fiercely protect the agency against improper market conduct and the misuse of its confidential information.

If and when they do, this post will be updated.

In point of fact, none of this is unexpected.

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A number of the accusations in the complaint have come up in the arbitration proceedings, I hear.

CAA is also seeking to force testimony from Micelli and other core members Range team in the behind-closed-doors arbitration.

Not that CAA has been standing still.

Singapore-based Temasek remains a minority investor in CAA, while CMC Capital remains a strategic partner.

Dade Hayes contributed to this report.