Outkast is suing rapper and producer Ovrkast over what the Atlanta duo calls a “nearly identical” stage name, while Ovrkast now says he never signed the agreement the lawsuit claims required him to rebrand.High Schoolers LLC, the trademark company controlled by André 3000 and Big Boi, filed the federal lawsuit... Read More »
Justin Baldoni is asking a Los Angeles judge to rule that QBE Insurance was required to cover his legal defense in the Blake Lively litigation that grew out of It Ends With Us, potentially shifting a substantial portion of his legal costs to the insurer.Attorneys for Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios... Read More »
Dolly Parton’s estate has secured a temporary restraining order against her nephew and former security chief Bryan Seaver after accusing him of threatening violence, demanding money and vowing to damage the late singer’s business empire.Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles granted the order Wednesday in Nashville Chancery Court, directing Seaver and his... Read More »
The man charged with murdering longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, musician Thomas Deluca, remains incompetent to stand trial more than eight months after he was committed to a California state hospital, a Los Angeles County judge has ruled.Raymond Boodarian, 23, will remain at Patton State... Read More »
Drake’s legal fight with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is headed before a federal appeals court Dec. 4, when a three-judge panel will hear his bid to revive the defamation lawsuit dismissed last year.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit scheduled oral arguments after... Read More »
A StubHub customer has lost his bid to pursue a proposed class action over CEO Eric Baker’s ties to Andro Capital, a professional ticket-resale fund, after a federal judge ruled that clicking “Buy Now” bound him to the platform’s arbitration terms.U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Monday that StubHub... Read More »
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular, whose legal name is Braden Peters, is facing rape and drugging-related charges in Massachusetts after a 17-year-old girl told police he gave her vodka during a livestream at his family’s Cape Cod home before allegedly assaulting her.Peters, 20, is charged with rape, administering a substance for sexual... Read More »
A London man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after running an industrial-scale counterfeit vinyl operation that generated more than £2.7 million in sales of fake records by artists including Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar.Rehan Ahmed, 40, of Southall in west London, was sentenced... Read More »
Paramount CEO David Ellison told employees Monday that the company is tentatively planning to close its Warner Bros. Discovery merger in about two weeks, giving staff the clearest timeline yet for when the two Hollywood giants could formally combine.Ellison disclosed the target in a memo after Paramount reached settlements with... Read More »
Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has cleared its biggest remaining legal obstacles after the company reached settlements with 12 states and the Writers Guild of America, putting the Hollywood megadeal on a path toward closing after months of antitrust litigation.The agreement with California and 11 other states... Read More »
Smokey Robinson’s $50 million sexual assault lawsuit has a third defense attorney in three months, with a new lawyer taking over as six former employees pursue allegations against the Motown legend ahead of a 2027 trial.Attorney Anahita Sedaghatfar appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court this week as counsel for Robinson... Read More »
Universal Music Group and Sony Music have filed a new copyright lawsuit against Suno just days after the AI music company launched its latest model with licensed music from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe.Filed Friday in Massachusetts federal court, the complaint accuses Suno of infringing more than 60,000 sound... Read More »
Erica Campbell’s record label is suing music distributor SRG/ILS Group for more than $1 million, alleging that three gospel releases generated more than 113 million streams while the company failed to provide a single royalty statement.My Block Records Inc., the independent label founded by producer Warryn Campbell, filed the breach-of-contract... Read More »
Shein is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit over allegedly unauthorized Selena Quintanilla merchandise, arguing that independent merchants sold the disputed products through its marketplace and that the company cannot be held directly liable for those sales.The motion, filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, targets claims... Read More »
More than 70 people who bought, used, or were recorded by Meta’s smart glasses are accusing the company of capturing some of their most private moments, including people undressing, using the bathroom, and having sex, and routing some of that material to overseas contractors reviewing data for its artificial intelligence... Read More »
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