April 1, 2025 — Law360 reports that Brewer client and Fox News contributor Gregg Jarrett has filed a lawsuit in New York state court against Simon & Schuster and his literary agency, Vigliano Associates. Jarrett alleges that the publisher and agency conspired to steal his idea for a book centered on the legal battles facing Donald Trump, a concept he pitched in early 2023.
According to the complaint, after Jarrett declined a low advance offer for the project, his former research assistant, Alex Marlow, was instead chosen to write the book. Now titled Breaking the Law, Marlow's book is slated for release in June.
"This case is about betrayal at the highest levels of publishing — where those entrusted to champion Mr. Jarrett's work instead allegedly conspired to exploit his ideas, misappropriate his opportunity, and enrich themselves at his expense," said Jarrett's attorney, William Brewer III of Brewer Attorneys & Counselors.