August 16, 2016
A California federal judge on Monday awarded more than $319,000 in attorneys' fees and costs to actress Elizabeth Banks and others in a tossed copyright infringement suit over the movie "Walk of Shame," brought by Shame On You Productions Inc., who allege the movie ripped off a screenplay presented to Banks years earlier.
January 06, 2016
The screenwriter who accused Elizabeth Banks and others of stealing the movie "Walk of Shame" from his unproduced screenplay is taking his case to the Ninth Circuit, adding another chapter to a lawsuit that the defense has called "a bad faith effort to extort settlement money."
August 31, 2015
Actress Elizabeth Banks and others behind the 2014 movie "Walk of Shame" are demanding attorneys' fees after defeating a "baseless" copyright infringement suit that they say was nothing more than "a bad faith effort to extort settlement money."
August 17, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday tossed a lawsuit claiming Elizabeth Banks' 2014 comedy "Walk of Shame" was ripped off from an unproduced screenplay, saying the two works share only "isolated similarities."
July 27, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday tentatively dismissed a screenwriter's claims that actress Elizabeth Banks, her husband and six production companies stole the script for the film "Walk of Shame," saying the similarities between the plaintiff's script and the film were too general for a copyright claim.
January 09, 2015
Producers of the recently released film "Walk of Shame" told a California federal court Thursday that attorneys for a screenwriter accusing them, the film's star Elizabeth Banks and her husband of stealing his script for the movie tried to "sabotage" a Wednesday conference held to resolve discovery issues.
May 08, 2014
Actress Elizabeth Banks was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit in California federal court on Wednesday by a screenplay writer who says Banks, her husband and others stole his script for the recently released film "Walk of Shame" after a 2007 meeting.