April 25, 2013
Emma Thompson on Wednesday lost her bid to recover attorneys' fees from a screenwriter who claimed the Oscar-winning actress stole the idea for her upcoming film "Effie," after a New York judge ruled the writer had reason to suspect the film infringed copyrights for her works.
December 18, 2012
Oscar-winning actress and writer Emma Thompson's upcoming film "Effie" differs substantially from two screenplays written by a playwright who said the film infringed her copyrights, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday.
November 29, 2011
A lawyer for Emma Thompson said Tuesday that there could be a relatively quick end to a lawsuit over whether the actress and screenwriter copied a playwright when she drafted her latest film project, the Victorian drama "Effie."