http://www.thewrap.com/empire-producers-fox-sued-for-1-5-billion-for-copyright-infringement/

Author Timothy J. Levi claims the Fox series took material from his 2007 book Unity Incorporated: The Mastermind.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/lawsuit-accusing-empire-stealing-ideas-tossed-article-1.2584516

Las Vegas writer Jon Astor-White’s suit was deemed to faulty to proceed with the case.