Editing Gerald Posner (section)

===Harper Lee lawsuit===
On May 3, 2013, Posner was named in a federal lawsuit brought by author [[Harper Lee]] in [[Manhattan]]. Lee claimed that [[Samuel Pinkus]], her literary agent's son-in-law, tricked her into signing away her rights to ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', directing the royalties to be paid into a corporation formed by Posner for that purpose.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/agent_is_atticus_filch_dHGLvpNU7ivrWxftqQSlwL | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607221801/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/agent_is_atticus_filch_dHGLvpNU7ivrWxftqQSlwL |archive-date=2013-06-07 |title='To Kill a Mockingbird' owner sues to reclaim copyright to novel |first=Bruce |last=Golding |date=May 4, 2013}}</ref>

Before Posner filed an answer, he and one other defendant settled with Lee and were dismissed from the lawsuit.<ref name=":0">{{cite news| url=https://news.yahoo.com/kill-mockingbird-author-settles-copyright-suit-against-2-001300697.html|title='To Kill a Mockingbird' author settles copyright suit against 2 defendants; terms undisclosed|date=September 6, 2013|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref>  The parties did not disclose the terms of the settlement.<ref name=":0"/>  Posner told the ''[[Miami Herald]]'': "I have always maintained that not a single contention about me in the complaint was accurate.  I was simply the wrong person named in the wrong lawsuit."<ref>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/06/3609822/posner-off-the-hook-robin-thicke.html {{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref> To ''[[Law360]]'', he said: "I am gratified the complaint was dismissed. There was never any basis for this lawsuit against me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/470604/harper-lee-settles-with-agent-over-mockingbird-copyright|title=Harper Lee Settles With Agent Over 'Mockingbird' Copyright |publisher=Law360|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>