Judge Issues Compromise for Philadelphia Orchestra and Musicians’ Union

The American Federation of Musicians is positing that the Philadelphia Orchestra Association should cough up some of its $140 million in endowments if it will be withdrawing from the union’s pension plan. Monday’s ruling set forth a discovery process allows the union to access documents that will provide a more educated assessment of the association’s financial situation and also provides a path toward obtaining other documents that may be pertinent to evaluating the situation. [Inquirer]