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          film industry.  His clients were directors, writers, producers,             
          and actors.  Some of petitioner’s clients, who numbered over 75,            
          included:  Maria Conchita Alonso, Larry David (creator of                   
          “Seinfeld”), David Foley, Gregory Hines, David Koepp (whose                 
          credits include “Jurassic Park”, “Carlito’s Way”, and “Mission              
          Impossible”), Norm MacDonald, Conan O’Brien, Bronson Pinchot,               
          John Singleton, and several writers from “The Simpsons” and                 
          “Seinfeld”.                                                                 
               Martin Bauer and Peter Benedek owned the Bauer Benedek                 
          Agency (BBA).2  BBA was a talent agency.  In the summer of 1989,            
          after working at International Creative Management (ICM), one of            
          the three largest Hollywood talent agencies,3 for 4 years,                  
          petitioner left ICM and began working at BBA.                               
               Petitioner had offers to work for other agencies but chose             
          BBA.  BBA primarily had feature film clients.  Petitioner went to           
          BBA to build its television business.  Petitioner’s initial                 
          salary at BBA was $90,000.  In 1990, BBA increased his salary to            
          $150,000.                                                                   
               In 1991, Leading Artists Agency (LAA), primarily a                     
          television talent agency, merged with BBA to become UTA.  James             


               2  Messrs. Bauer and Benedek were also attorneys.                      
               3  During the years in issue, the three largest talent                 
          agencies in Hollywood, in alphabetical order, were the Creative             
          Artists Agency (CAA), International Creative Management (ICM),              
          and the William Morris Agency (William Morris).                             





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