An oft-sampled 1973 song at the heart of hip hop history – and music law history – is now the basis of a new copyright case against UMG over Blige’s 1992 “Real Love.”
A judge says Tyrone Blackburn — lead counsel in a high-profile case against Sean Combs — aimed to “embarrass defendants" with "salacious allegations.”
The lawsuit, alleging discrimination and other wrongdoing, is just the latest to level bizarre claims about West's now-closed school.
The stars argued they should be reimbursed after defeating a "frivolous" song-theft lawsuit, but a federal judge ruled the duo must pay their own lawyers.
Allen's former manager asked a judge to dismiss her lawsuit, but another sexual assault case against Allen still looms large.
The band says the case, filed by a musician who played in the band for just a few months in 1999, is clearly barred by the statute of limitations.
A federal judge weighs in for the first time on a sweeping copyright lawsuit filed against Twitter/X by music publishers.
With each side suing the other, a federal judge says Cabo Wabo's Hollywood outpost can't use Hagar's branding until the dispute is resolved.
The band's former law firm isn't pulling any punches, accusing its ex-clients of "cynically" filing false accusations.
The judge in the case said the court "cannot rely on generalized, uncorroborated claims that disclosure would harm plaintiff to justify her anonymity."
