The label claims an artist named Trefuego "brazenly" used a segment from a 1986 instrumental song by Japanese composer Toshifumi Hinata without permission.
The singer avoided battery charges by entering a prefiling diversion program.
In this week's Legal Beat, a last-minute settlement for Posty, a new lawsuit against Bad Bunny, another defamation win for Cardi B and much more.
Minutes before a closely-watched trial was set to start, the star has reached a deal with a songwriter who says he helped create the hit song.
Rudolph Isley claims his brother Ronald has unfairly tried to lock up exclusive rights to a name that's supposed to be jointly owned.
The gossip blogger had argued the verdict was caused by "lopsided" evidence in favor of the rap superstar, but a federal appeals court was unswayed.
Carliz De La Cruz Hernández claims the superstar illegally used a voice memo of her uttering the now-famous catchphrase without her consent.
Tyler Armes says he and Posty wrote the song during an all-night jam session in 2018. The star’s lawyers say he’s just seeking an “unearned windfall.”
A jury took seven days to find three men guilty of robbing and killing the rapper in 2018.
A pair of musicians had accused the superstar of copying their “atmospheric and melancholic" song, but now they say they've "reached a settlement in principle."
