Overview

• UTA and MediaLink founder Michael Kassan have agreed to an amicable settlement in arbitration ending their yearlong legal fight.
• The dispute originated from conflicting accounts of Kassan’s March 2024 departure—he said he resigned on March 6 while UTA claimed it terminated him for cause the next day.
• UTA alleged Kassan misappropriated more than $700,000 through unauthorized expense payments and diversion of funds to his S-corporation.
• Kassan’s $125 million defamation suit against UTA attorney Bryan Freedman was dismissed by a court in May.
• MediaLink will continue under a new leadership team appointed by UTA and Kassan will not return to the agency.