Photo Credit: Cesar Cid AEG and Live Nation has quietly settled their lawsuit over Coachella event branding. The event was originally called Coachella Day One ’22, but AEG’s Goldenvoice subsidiary took issue with the name. […]
Photo Credit: Pollen Destination events company Pollen is entering administration in the UK. Now its US subsidiaries face a class action lawsuit from former employees. Sergio Giancaspro is suing Network Travel Experiences, Inc., and StreetTeam […]
A$AP Rocky’s alleged shooting victim has come forward and announced plans to file a civil lawsuit against the rapper. The rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon at Los […]
Photo Credit: Ana y Maria Quintana y Gonzalez / CC by 2.0 Sony Music and the Michael Jackson estate have reached a settlement over three songs that allegedly didn’t contain Michael Jackson’s voice on his […]
ASAP Rocky’s alleged shooting victim has come forward. The 33-year-old Harlem rapper—legal name Rakim Mayers—was arrested in April for assault with a deadly weapon. The charges stemmed from a Nov. 6, 2021 incident in Southern […]
Photo Credit: Freebird / CC by 2.0 Gibson has won a permanent injunction against Dean Guitars for its trademarked guitar shapes. Here’s the latest. On May 27, 2022, a Texas federal jury found that Armadillo […]
Mo’Nique is finally getting her Netflix special. About a month after settling her lawsuit that accused the streaming giant of gender and racial discrimination, the comedian-actress announced her Netflix special will arrive later this year. […]
Keep this classroom out the courtroom! Source: Nigel Degraff / Nigel Degraff The same week Quinta Brunson made history with a historic number of Emmy Award nominations, a lawsuit reared its ugly head. Radar Online reports aspiring writer […]
Photo Credit: Amazon Music By February 2022, Ye allegedly owed the LA-based Phantom Labs over $6 million. According to the filing — sent to Digital Music News on Thursday — Kanye’s team promised to settle […]
Photo Credit: Magnus Höij / CC by 2.0 About three months back, a court rejected Spotify’s motion for a protective order in a long-running legal battle, thereby determining that CEO Daniel Ek would have to […]
UMG and its subsidiaries had claimed a case for Direct Infringement of copyrighted music in Bang’s TikTok promotional videos, and Contributory Infringement for allowing influencers to use that music to promote Bang. For brands that […]
Amber Heard owes Johnny Depp $8.35 million. Though, technically speaking, at this exact moment she’s not obligated to pay him anything. That’s because Johnny has not yet “enforced” the judgement. Johnny must enforce the judgment […]
Photo Credit: Cosmopolitan UK / CC by 3.0 The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is officially facing a more than $416,000 lawsuit for allegedly failing to return “rare high-end fashion garments” that he rented […]
Ricky Martin in 2018. Photo Credit: Steve Granitz Ricky Martin is facing a lawsuit from his former manager, who claims that she’s owed at least $3 million in commissions. Manager Rebecca Drucker just recently submitted […]
Photo Credit: David Veksler Earlier this month, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) spearheaded a copyright infringement lawsuit against the China-based parent company of video-making app Vinkle. Now, the court has recused itself from the […]
Ed Sheeran scored another legal win. According to Variety, the English singer-songwriter was awarded seven figures in his years-long copyright lawsuit over “Shape of You,” his Grammy-winning single that debuted in 2017. Though Sheeran won the case earlier […]
Photo Credit: MTV International / CC by 4.0 H.E.R. is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over an alleged unlicensed sample in her song, “Could’ve Been.” The copyright lawsuit claims that the song uses an unlicensed […]
Photo Credit: Justin Higuchi / CC by 2.0 Things are not “So Good” for Halsey, who is officially facing a wrongful-termination lawsuit from a former nanny. One Ashley Funches just recently submitted the firmly worded […]
Mariah Carey is being sued for copyright infringement related to her smash single “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Andy Stone, the man who wrote another Christmas hit with the same title. But […]
Photo Credit: CardMapr Mariah Carey is facing a new lawsuit over her perennial Christmas classic, “All I Want for Christmas is You.” The annual Christmas hit tops the charts at the end of each year […]