In this week's Legal Beat, extortion allegations against a lawyer representing Diddy's accusers, a guilty plea for NBA YoungBoy, a settlement over Whitney's biopic and more.
The deal will resolve claims that the 2022 movie featured "iconic" tracks like “I Will Always Love You” but that the producers never actually got around to paying for them.
The case claims attorney Tony Buzbee is financially exploiting Diddy's downfall by threatening to link "innocent celebrities" to the rapper's alleged crimes.
Days after prosecutors accused the rapper of trying to obstruct justice from jail, his lawyers level serious allegations of their own in response.
Combs had family carry out a social media campaign on his birthday "with the intention of influencing the potential jury in this criminal proceeding," prosecutors claim.
The star was arrested in Oklahoma in September 2023.
The Chicago rapper could face trial as soon as January on allegations that he ordered his OTF crew to murder rival rapper Quando Rondo in an act of revenge.
Claiming “blatant” copyright infringement, the new case is the latest of more than a dozen lawsuits accusing the controversial rapper of using uncleared materials in songs.
The deal resolves allegations that Mustaine was refusing to pay commissions, but the rocker will continue to pursue his own counterclaims about "repeated management failures.”
The band's lawyers argued Trump's unauthorized use of their iconic track was 'offensive,' but copyright litigation is expensive and the case would have taken years to resolve.
