Producer’s Film-Business Software Suit Amended Claims Survive

Much of a Hollywood producer’s lawsuit alleging ex-partners stole a joint concept for film business management software and created a $1 billion product called Wrapbook survived a dismissal bid in New York federal court.

Michael Scott Vogel’s complaint—amended a second time after being dismissed in August—now adequately alleged a legal partnership with programmer Naysawn Naji, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. Claims including breach of partnership, breach of fiduciary duty, and trade secret theft survived the latest dismissal bid, though the court requested that Vogel to consider whether trade secrets claims were filed too ...