June 14, 2017
A Nevada federal judge on Tuesday overturned a jury verdict that the creators of "Jersey Boys," the musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, had improperly used material from an unpublished book, saying the panel reached the wrong conclusion after a "tedious and complex" trial.
January 19, 2017
The creators of "Jersey Boys," the hit Broadway musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, pushed Wednesday for reversal of a jury's finding that they infringed a book copyright, citing a Ninth Circuit ruling made the day after the jury started its deliberations.
November 29, 2016
A Nevada federal jury decided Monday that the creators of the hit Broadway musical "Jersey Boys," which tells the story of 1960s pop group the Four Seasons, infringed the copyright on an unpublished autobiography of one of the band members.
November 17, 2016
Frankie Valli and his Four Seasons bandmate Bob Gaudio escaped copyright infringement claims alleging that the smash musical Jersey Boys copied from an unpublished autobiography of another band member, a Nevada federal judge ruled Thursday after 12 days of trial.