Sara Landry Sues Former Management Firm Over Her Name, Hekate Records Trademarks

Hard techno DJ Sara Landry has opened a new front in her legal battle with her former management company, accusing the firm of continuing to use her name and Hekate Records branding after their relationship ended.

Landry IP LLC filed the lawsuit on October 6, 2026, in Manhattan federal court against Night Night Ltd., which operates as The Night Department, and affiliated company Prepare to Flash. The company that owns Landry’s trademarks alleges the defendants continued using her intellectual property in music distribution and to promote their management business without authorization.

The complaint says that conduct created the false impression among music industry participants that The Night Department remained authorized to represent Landry and Hekate Records after the management relationship had ended.

Landry’s company is seeking to stop the alleged trademark use and recover profits tied to it. The lawsuit does not specify a damages figure.

The new U.S. case follows a separate legal fight in the United Kingdom over the breakdown of Landry’s management relationship with The Night Department.

Landry signed with the company in 2023, with Matthew Verovkins serving as senior manager and Harry Glaisher overseeing her day-to-day management. She moved to end the relationship in August 2025 after a dispute over the ownership and control of her music and record label.

The Night Department sued Landry in the U.K. in July 2026, alleging she breached their management agreement by terminating the firm without proper grounds. Landry has filed counterclaims accusing the company of breaches that she says justified the split.

The Night Department has denied those allegations and maintains that the ownership terms at issue were clearly disclosed in the parties’ contracts.

Landry’s new federal lawsuit focuses primarily on what allegedly happened after the relationship deteriorated.

According to the complaint, the defendants continued using trademarks connected to Landry and Hekate after their authority to represent her had ended. When Landry’s representatives later sought control of Hekate’s account with music distributor Believe, Prepare to Flash allegedly refused to authorize the transfer.

The lawsuit also revisits the ownership dispute that preceded the split.

Landry alleges that her former management operation sought a 50 percent ownership interest in her music and 50 percent of Hekate Records without appropriate payment, despite her stated intention to retain ownership of both.

She also accuses her former managers of mishandling touring operations through delays, poor communication and inexperienced personnel, and alleges that problems with Hekate’s management prompted complaints from other artists associated with the label.

Those allegations remain contested in the parallel U.K. litigation.

Landry has since moved to a new management structure involving ASK Management & Advisory and The Circuit Group.

The dispute places ownership of an artist’s name, recordings and business interests at the center of two related cases on opposite sides of the Atlantic. The U.K. proceedings concern whether Landry was entitled to terminate her management agreement, while the new federal case asks whether her former management companies continued using trademarks they no longer had authority to use.

Landry said ownership and artists’ rights are central to her position in the dispute and that she intends to continue advocating for artists to control their work and careers.

Her attorney, Nicholas Saady of Pryor Cashman, said Landry had spent years building her name, record label and career and intends to protect those assets.

The federal case is in its earliest stage, and the defendants have not yet filed a response to the trademark allegations.