Powerbroker and entertainment lawyer Joel Katz is at the center of an explosive set of allegations made by ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan.
in the event’s history and came just days before Sunday’s annual ceremony, which will occur at Staples Center and be broadcast on CBS.
After the EEOC complaint was filed, Katz rejected her accusations in a statement issued through his attorney. It said, in part, “Mr. Katz categorically and emphatically denies her version of that evening. This dinner meeting was 2 1/2 months before Ms. Dugan started her job. Mr. Katz believed they had a productive and professional meeting in a restaurant where a number of members of the Board of Trustees of the Academy, and others, were dining.
In February 2019, Katz told Billboard that the #MeToo movement has prompted him to recommend adding language to contracts that“If you’re an executive in the business, you’re going to be held to a higher standard than perhaps you were 10 or 15 years ago,” he said. An executive more likely to be standing next to superstars in industry party pics than at the center, Katz made his name negotiating contracts, and not just for musicians. He’s represented major label executives such as Clive Davis, Tom Corson and L.A. Reid during contract talks.
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