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 […]
Photo Credit: Freebird / CC by 2.0 Gibson has won its lawsuit over guitar shape, with the court ruling that shape is part and parcel of a brand. Back in 2019, Gibson filed a lawsuit […]
B.o.B performing live. Photo Credit: Mark Guim Rapper B.o.B (full name Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.) is officially facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit from Round Hill Music, its namesake royalty fund, and an entity called Artists Rights […]
Zürich, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Henrique Ferreira Snapchat is officially facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from SUISA (the Cooperative Society of Music Authors and Publishers in Switzerland), the plaintiff has announced. Zürich-headquartered SUISA revealed its case […]
Universal Music Group has been hit with a lawsuit over Kanye West’s 2010 song “Power.” The song samples King Crimson’s track “21st Century Schizoid Man,” with the progressive rock group claiming that UMG has been underpaying […]
The US District Court in Nevada has awarded Kaskade $8 million after the former Las Vegas nightclub KAOS canceled his residency. US District Court Judge Andrew Gordon on Friday ruled in favor of Kaskade and Big City Dynasty […]
Earlier this month, Brooklyn-born rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) was hit with a whopping $2 million lawsuit from music streaming app Streamusic. Streamusic allows users to stream live music events from anywhere in the world. […]