(November 12, 2015, 12:24 PM EST) -- BOSTON — An author argues in an Oct. 9 reply brief to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that Shonda Rhimes and various television production companies infringed on her books for the basis of a television show and that a trial court erred in not considering the nexus of access the defendants had to her work (Debra Feldman v. Shonda Rhimes, et al., No. 15-1130, 1st Cir.).

(Appellant reply brief available. Document #78-151116-013B.)

In May 2009, Debra Feldman sued Shonda Rhimes, Jenna Bans, Ships at...