October 27, 2016
A California judge Thursday rebuffed Home Box Office Inc.’s play for $120,000 in attorneys’ fees in a quickly dismissed $200 million copyright infringement suit, saying the lawsuit two screenwriters brought against the network over the TV show “Ballers” wasn’t “a situation where the claims didn’t pass the laugh test.”
September 16, 2016
Home Box Office Inc. hasn't backed away from its bid for $120,000 in attorneys' fees in a quickly dismissed $200 million copyright infringement suit that two screenwriters brought against HBO, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg for allegedly stealing their idea for the TV show "Ballers."
September 09, 2016
Screenwriters who brought a quickly dismissed $200 million copyright infringement suit against Home Box Office Inc., Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg told a California federal court on Thursday why they shouldn't have to pay $120,000 in attorneys' fees for their failed suit alleging that the cable channel stole their idea for the TV show "Ballers."
August 10, 2016
HBO is demanding its legal fees from two screenwriters who filed a quickly-dismissed copyright infringement lawsuit over the comedy series "Ballers."
July 25, 2016
A California federal judge blocked a suit claiming HBO, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg stole the idea for a show on the rakish lives of football players from two screenwriters' 2007 pitch, ruling Monday that despite similarities the "themes and concerns are widely different."
May 16, 2016
Two screenwriters who claim that HBO, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg stole their idea about a show focusing on the sex- and drug-filled lives of football players are hitting back at attempts to get their copyright lawsuit thrown out of California federal court, saying Friday that the similarities between the two shows are impossible to ignore.
April 15, 2016
HBO, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson told a California federal judge Friday that the screenwriters suing them for allegedly stealing the plot of "Ballers" had based their infringement allegations on basic plot tropes present in many stories about football players.
December 18, 2015
HBO, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson ripped off the concept for football-themed TV show "Ballers" from a pair of Hollywood screenwriters after the writers refused to cut their names from the "created by" credits, according to a California copyright suit filed Thursday.