Broadway ad agency SpotCo and producer Scott Rudin have settled their legal battle over more than $6 million in allegedly owed payments
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The original suit was filed by SpotCo in August 2020. At the time, the advertising agency, which worked frequently with Rudin over the years, alleged that it had a number of outstanding invoices due by Rudin for several of his productions includingWhile SpotCo had worked on Rudin’s shows every year since 2014, the ad agency said it never had a formal written contract with Rudin, but rather had an oral agreement and received directives on ad placements from Rudin over email and in person.
SpotCo alleged that Rudin and his production entities would typically make partial payments on the outstanding invoices, while also requesting new services. However, a dispute arose in September 2019 between the agency and Rudin over outstanding payments, which eventually led to the lawsuit. Rudin countersued, claiming that SpotCo had not paid third-party vendors with funds he had provided and that the ad agency has been unable to show how payments have been distributed over the past several years. Both suits were later consolidated.
However, since the original suit was filed Rudin has stepped away from Broadway producing and has seen his still-running shows taken over by other producers. That move came after