Coldplay fired back at their former manager, Dave Holmes, accusing him of allowing touring costs to get out of hand and taking out massive loans from Live Nation without the band’s knowledge. Last Friday, as NME reports (via The Times), the band filed a counter-claim in London’s High Court, responding …
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The liquor giant Diageo has issued a point-by-point rebuttal to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawsuit, rejecting the rapper/entrepreneur’s claims that he and his vodka and tequila brands were mistreated and discriminated against. Rather, Diageo claims it consistently provided support to Combs’ brands, Ciroc and DeLeón, and that Combs “asked to be …
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Rick Astley settled his lawsuit filed in January against rapper Yung Gravy and his collaborators for an undisclosed sum on Tuesday, according to Billboard. Astley, known for his 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” sued the rapperfor impersonating his voice and claimed Gravy’s 2022 breakout hit, “Betty (Get …
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Ed Sheeran was found not liable in the copyright lawsuit trial that accused his song “Thinking Out Loud” of infringing on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.” After three hours of deliberations that followed a two-week trial in New York from April to May, the jury announced their verdict in …
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The trial for FKA Twigs‘ “relentless abuse” lawsuit against former boyfriend and actor Shia LaBeouf has been postponed from its scheduled 2023 start date until October 2024. In the lawsuit filed back in December 2020, the singer — real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett — accused LaBeouf of sexual battery, assault, …
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Another former Lizzo employee has filed a lawsuit against the rapper, accusing her and her team of racial and sexual harassment, disability discrimination, illegal retaliatory termination, and assault. Asha Daniels, who worked as a wardrobe designer on Lizzo’s 2023 tour and helped design outfits for the rapper’s “Big Grrrl” dancers, …
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George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, and George Saunders are among the authors who have filed a class action lawsuit against the company behind ChatGPT, accusing them of “feeding” and “training” the AI software on the authors’ copyrighted works. The Authors Guild — which also represents bestselling writers like …
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Following a disastrous 2023 Electric Zoo festival plagued by supply chain issues and capacity limits, a pair of attendees have launched a class action lawsuit against organizers over what they called “a nightmare endured by thousands of electronic music fans.” The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a New York district court …
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Selena Gomez has reached a tentative settlement in the lawsuit she filed against a mobile game maker she claimed used her likeness without permission. The notice of settlement, filed Thursday in a Los Angeles superior court and obtained by Rolling Stone, did not disclose the proposed terms. Pending the judge’s …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawsuit against liquor brand Diageo will continue. On Thursday, a judge rejected the alcohol company’s motions to either dismiss or send the lawsuit to private arbitration, according to Billboard. The case will continue in New York state court with a trial open to the public. The ruling …
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