Veteran talent agent Michael Greene has launched Michael Greene Artists Agency , a boutique talent agency with offices in Malibu and New York. It currently has four other agents working alongside Greene representing 42 clients, with the plan to keep the client list under 100.

The move comes following a rather abrupt departure for Greene from his previous agency, Greene Talent (fka Michael Greene & Associates), which he founded. For the past several years, the company had been equal partnership among Greene, Azeem Chiba, Kiernan McCaffrey and Ethan Salter.

Greene and his former partners have retained attorneys for possible litigation over the exit — said to have come amid buyout negotiations — as accounts of the circumstances surrounding the departure from each side vary widely. Chiba

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