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Denise Shull vs Showtime Billions Lawsuit Summary Timeline
1. Source: Denise Shull’s emails, meetings and call records. 1
Timeline of Events Leading up to Denise Shull vs Showtime Lawsuit
2009
JUL 15 Shull first appears on CNBC with Erin Burnett and Mark Haines.
AUG 10 CNBC invites Shull back one month after first appearance (approx. date).
OCT 20 FT publishes profile on Shull emphasizing psychoanalytic approach.
OCT 30 Bloomberg Magazine features Shull in article on neuroscience & trading psychology.
DEC 31 Shull again appears on CNBC 10am show from NYSE.
2010
NOV 9 Shull appears on CNBC Asia.
2012
JAN 9 MARKET MIND GAMES published.
AUG 9 Sorkin interviews Shull on CNBC Squawk Box.
OCT 4 Shull pitches CNBC story on hedge fund coaches - Producer says "'really good story idea", will pitch it.
2013
NOV 11 Sorkin's NY Times Dealbook features Shull in article on hedge fund performance coaches.
2014
JUN 28 Shull appears on CNBC Fast Money to "psychoanalyze' the traders.
JUL 1 CNBC Producer says "Keep the ideas coming."
2015
JAN 19 BILLIONS begins filming.
AUG 26 Sorkin emails Shull..."could I introduce (Maggie) to someone who works with traders in real-life. Would
you be willing to meet her?"
AUG 28 Siff immediately adds Koppelman and Levien to meeting discussion. Koppelman writes “11:30pm
Friday/10:30am Sunday?”, takes 1st meeting time Shull offers.
SEPT 2 Shull meets w/ Koppelman and Levien. Siff arrives 30-45 minutes later.
SEPT 9 Shull/ReThink Call with Showtime Marketing.
SEPT 10 Showtime Marketing "Needless to say, we're excited to explore additional opportunities going forward."
SEPT 19 Maggie Siff emails Shull re: book recommendation, taking ReThink HEADSx test, BILLIONS set invite
OCT 19 Shull receives last email from Siff: Xfactor stuff – fascinating.
2. Source: Denise Shull’s emails, meetings and call records. 2
2016
JAN 1 BILLIONS premieres.
JAN 5 No response from Siff regarding Congratulatory email from Shull.
JAN 16 Sorkin interview with Vanity Fair omits mentioning Shull, despite talk of “authenticity”.
JAN 20 Sorkin interview "I had the opportunity to spend time with one (performance coach) for the show".
FEB 16 Shull sends Congrats email to Koppelman, Levien, Sorkin, Siff - no response.
JUL 25 Shull emails Koppelman re: Bloomberg Trader Brain Exercise - no response.
SEPT 22 CNBC Asia interview request - begging Shull re: BILLIONS.
SEPT 23 CNBC cancels BILLIONS interview with the comment – “we will not be pursuing this.”
SEPT 24 CNBC "Keep ideas coming" Producer unsubscribes from Shull’s “ReThink” newsletter.
2017
FEB 17 Letter from Showtime Publicist asking to send any press to her.
FEB 18 Shull asks Feloni, from Business Insider, to change focus of his story on “Magical Thinking” episode to
Tony Robbins.
MAR 17 Shull receives (Error-Ridden) virtual cease and desist letter from Showtime.
APR 3 CNBC Producer tells Publicist - I cannot have her on. It's a longer story. (approx. date)
JUN 2 Maggie Siff omits Shull when pressed for who she worked with on character.
JUL 21 Shull has call with Sorkin who says Maggie wanted a female coach, he will try to fix things up.
AUG 2 Shull has call with Sorkin – Shull says a hit on Squawk is a good first step to fixing things up.
SEPT 6 CNBC producer spends 75+ minutes prepping with Shull and building graphics.
SEPT 8 CNBC cuts Shull appearance awkwardly short, omits graphics.
2018
FEB 20 Shull emails CNBC Producer re: Olympic story discussed with Sorkin. No response.
FEB 27 Shull emails Sorkin. Notifies him of call recordings.
MAR 18 NY Times Styles Section Writer tells Shull she is no longer writing Shull profile that she ideated.
OCT 1 Invite to a joint Siff/Shull interview by USA Today, with 2M readers, ignored by Showtime.
DEC 31 Shull files lawsuit over Copyright of Market Mind Games and other business-related claims.
2019
OCT 7 Judge dismisses Shull lawsuit.
Decision has multiple significant and insignificant errors when compared to the record.