Rapper Lil Wayne has secured a legal victory after a California judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing the rapper of assaulting a security guard and ordered the plaintiff and his attorney to pay more than $29,000 in sanctions.According to court documents, plaintiff Christian Carlos and his lawyer have been held jointly... Read More »
Nick Reiner, the California man accused of fatally stabbing his parents last year, is now embroiled in a second legal battle, one that could determine who represents him as he fights two murder charges.In a newly filed probate court petition, Reiner is seeking access to a $1.7 million trust fund... Read More »
Nearly two years after a jury handed T.I. and Tiny a major intellectual property victory in a likeness dispute, the legal battle is heading back to court once again.The husband-and-wife duo will return to federal court for what will be the fourth trial in their long-running lawsuit against MGA Entertainment,... Read More »
A Los Angeles judge has rejected Marilyn Manson’s latest attempt to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed by his former assistant, allowing the long-running case to continue as both sides prepare for further litigation.The ruling, issued Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, marks another legal setback for the musician,... Read More »
Singer M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, filed a complaint against rapper Kid Cudi, born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, on May 29, seeking more than $2.8 million in damages after being removed from his Live Nation-produced Rebel Rangers... Read More »
Gamma Media Holdings, the music company founded by Larry Jackson, has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to identify the anonymous person or people it says created websites and social media accounts to spread false claims about the company and its chief executive.The complaint, filed in New York State... Read More »
A Google engineer is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors alleged he used confidential company data to place a series of highly profitable online wagers, earning more than $1.2 million by betting on the outcome of Google’s annual Year in Search rankings before the information became public.According to a criminal... Read More »
Kenneth Iwamasa, the live-in assistant who injected Matthew Perry with fatal doses of ketamine and left the actor alone in his backyard jacuzzi on the night he died, was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and five months in federal prison. The hearing brought together Perry's family members and business... Read More »
Live Nation has reached settlements with the families of two women killed in the 2023 mass shooting at Washington’s Beyond Wonderland music festival, resolving wrongful death claims just weeks before the case was set to go to trial.According to a notice filed in King County Superior Court, the estates of... Read More »
TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez has been charged in Los Angeles in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting former Why Don’t We member Jack Avery.Gonzalez, 24, was arrested last week in Northern California before appearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday. Prosecutors allege she conspired to arrange the killing of Avery,... Read More »
Luxury fashion label Chrome Hearts has withdrawn its copyright infringement lawsuit against Neil Young and his backing band over the use of the name Chrome Hearts, ending a legal dispute that raised questions about trademark rights, artist branding, and the increasingly crowded overlap between fashion and music merchandising. According to... Read More »
A royalty dispute tied to one of hip-hop’s most influential albums has landed in court, with Death Row Records producer Daz Dillinger accusing Tupac Shakur’s estate of failing to properly compensate him for his work on some of the rapper’s most recognizable songs. Dillinger, born Delmar Arnaud, filed a lawsuit... Read More »
Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the electronics giant of using her image on television packaging without permission in what her legal team describes as a deliberate attempt to commercially benefit from her public profile. The complaint, filed Friday in federal court in California, alleges... Read More »
Jason Derulo has prevailed in the legal fight over authorship rights to one of his biggest hits, with a jury unanimously rejecting claims that session musician Matthew Spatola deserved songwriting credit and royalties for Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat). The verdict, delivered Thursday after an 11-day trial, ends a... Read More »
Q'orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company, alleging that the filmmaker and studio used her facial features without permission as the visual foundation for Neytiri, the central Na’vi character in the blockbuster Avatar franchise. The complaint, filed Tuesday in California, centers on a... Read More »
