May 08, 2018
An Alabama federal judge ruled Monday that he would not exercise his authority to hear a case brought by the estate of novelist Harper Lee against the producer of a Broadway version of her classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird," putting the dispute on course for trial next month.
April 30, 2018
A New York federal court on Monday kicked a contract dispute between the estate of writer Harper Lee and the team behind a stage version of "To Kill a Mockingbird" into high gear, telling the Broadway producers to get their cast together and film their stage version of the play in just 15 days.
April 17, 2018
Facing a lawsuit that claims a planned stage adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not faithful to Harper Lee's book, Broadway producer Scott Rudin took the dramatic step Monday of offering to perform the entire play in a federal courthouse.
March 14, 2018
Author Harper Lee's estate accused producer Scott Rudin and writer Aaron Sorkin of mangling her 1960 classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" in a play based on her novel, saying their version breached a contract by changing characters, including the lawyer at the center of the tale, Atticus Finch.