Warner Music Group‘s production branch is being sued by filmmaker Martyn Atkins over the company’s alleged use of footage in a 2021 Tom Petty documentary without permission. Last week, Atkins filed a lawsuit in L.A. accusing the company of “brazen exploitation” of copyrighted recordings in the Somewhere You Feel Free …
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The only adult defendant charged with the 2020 murder of rising rapper Pop Smoke appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday and had his trial date pushed to early August after plea negotiations with prosecutors broke down. The trial for Corey Walker previously was scheduled to start next week. “Negotiations …
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Defense lawyers in the Young Thug racketeering conspiracy trial filed an emergency petition Thursday asking Georgia’s Supreme Court to step in and force Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville to let an “unbiased judge” decide whether he should step down from the high-profile case now underway in Atlanta. Filed by …
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The Jane Doe plaintiff suing Nigel Lythgoe for an alleged 2016 sexual assault in the backseat of his chauffeur-driven car is pushing for a trial as soon as possible after filing an amended complaint that revised the date of the purported incident by 24 hours. At a court hearing on …
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SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were hit with another lawsuit on Wednesday by eight former employees alleging Musk personally ordered their firing after they raised concerns about sexual harassment and discrimination against women at the company. SpaceX fired the workers in 2022 after they wrote and circulated a letter denouncing …
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More than two years after filing a libel lawsuit over anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct, Jack Barakat and his band All Time Low are still working to unmask the accuser who went online in 2021 and claimed to be a former fan abused by Barakat as an underage girl, the …
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In October 2021, the viral TikTok star Ali Abulaban, who posted under the handle Jinnkid and boasted nearly one million followers, killed his wife Ana Abulaban and her friend Rayburn Barron, suspecting that she was cheating on him. He was convicted of the crimes in May 2024. The paranoia that …
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The hypnotic guitar loop that opens the wildly successful ballad “Ferxxo 100” by reggaeton superstar Feid is the subject of a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a Grammy-nominated producer who claims his work was sampled on three Feid songs without proper pay or credit. Belgian producer Sébastien Julien Alfred …
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A singer in the Four Tops is suing a Michigan hospital with claims its staff dubbed him “delusional” and placed him in a restraining jacket instead of believing he was a member of Motown’s legendary vocal quartet seeking care for chest pains related to a “severe” heart condition. Alexander Morris, …
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A lawyer representing ticketholders suing Madonna for late concerts in Brooklyn and Washington D.C. stepped over the borderline when he prematurely announced a settlement in the legal battle last week, a judge ruled Monday. The federal judge struck down the settlement notice at an afternoon hearing after a lawyer representing …
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