Amy Helm, the singer-songwriter daughter of the late Levon Helm, is facing a new lawsuit accusing her of causing at least $2 million in damages to Levon Helm Studios, escalating a bitter legal battle over control of the famed Woodstock music venue known as the Barn.The suit, filed Monday in... Read More »
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for more than 3,000 lawsuits accusing Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap of deliberately engineering their platforms to hook young users, dealing the tech giants a significant legal setback as they continue to fight a wave of litigation over the mental health effects... Read More »
More than six months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson area home, scrutiny of the investigation has raised a separate legal question over whether Savannah Guthrie and her family could hold Pima County responsible if mistakes by law enforcement hindered efforts to find her.The Guthrie family has not announced... Read More »
Taylor Swift has succeeded in getting her music pulled from a Trump-affiliated TikTok account after her song "August" was used in a video without her permission.The Team Trump account, which was created during the 2024 presidential campaign, posted a clip earlier this week showing Donald and Melania Trump watching fireworks... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered Megan Thee Stallion and Roc Nation to stand trial in a lawsuit brought by a former tour cameraman who alleges he was forced to witness the rapper having sex in a car while working a European tour date in 2022. Judge Gregory H. Woods issued... Read More »
Two of the world's biggest record labels are moving to shut down an unauthorized streaming app that's continued operating in Canada despite being pulled from Apple's App Store. Sony Music Group and Universal Music Group are initiating legal proceedings against the developers of Musi, an app that pulls music directly... Read More »
Micah Sykes, the son of acclaimed opera and gospel vocalist Jubilant Sykes, entered a not-guilty plea to charges that he murdered his father during an arraignment Thursday at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old was taken into custody just hours after his father was fatally stabbed... Read More »
A federal judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit accusing Downtown Music of severing ties with a YouTube licensing partner in order to smooth the path for its merger with Universal Music Group, allowing key breach-of-contract claims to move forward toward trial even as he trimmed back other parts... Read More »
Ne-Yo is on the receiving end of a new personal injury lawsuit alleging that a dog belonging to the R&B singer attacked a delivery worker outside his home in the Atlanta suburbs, leaving her with injuries she claims may be permanent.The suit, filed on behalf of Dominique Bridgett, accuses the... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have accused a co-defendant in the NBA gambling case involving Terry Rozier of tampering with witnesses, pointing to social media activity including rat emojis posted to Instagram as evidence of intimidation efforts.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York stated in a court filing Tuesday... Read More »
More than three decades after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in one of hip-hop's most notorious unsolved crimes, the man accused of orchestrating the killing is finally set to face a jury. Duane "Keffe D" Davis will see his long-delayed murder trial begin Monday morning with jury selection in a... Read More »
The woman accused of stalking Lindsey Buckingham for years and claiming the Fleetwood Mac guitarist is her biological father was declared incompetent to stand trial on Thursday, following a court-ordered mental health evaluation conducted while she remained in custody.Los Angeles County Mental Health Court Judge Robert S. Harrison delivered the... Read More »
Ariana Madix, the former "Vanderpump Rules" personality who now hosts "Love Island USA," has failed in her attempt to shut down a revenge porn and invasion of privacy lawsuit brought against her by ex-castmate Raquel Leviss. A California appellate court ruled against Madix on Wednesday, declining to reverse a lower... Read More »
The Pokémon Company International and its former director of engineering are facing a proposed class action alleging the company failed to protect women and girls from hidden cameras placed inside bathrooms at its Bellevue, Washington, headquarters.The lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court by an anonymous woman and names... Read More »
Kanye West is facing yet another lawsuit accusing him of mistreating a musician who worked with him, this time from a freelance producer suing anonymously as a John Doe. The producer alleges that West, who now goes by Ye, brought him on for emergency work to help finish the album... Read More »
