CBS, Showtime Face ‘Billions’ Copyright Infringement Suit

A character from the Showtime series “Billions” is an “unauthorized rip-off,” according to a new lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Denise Shull and her consulting firm The ReThink Group Inc. are suing CBS Corp., Showtime Networks Inc., and the show’s creators for copyright infringement. Shull says the character Dr. Wendy Rhoades, an in-house performance coach for a hedge fund, was based off Shull’s book Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading, and Risk.

Showtime promotes “Billions” as a “complex drama about power politics in the world of New ...