Superstar duo Sam Smith and Normani won a copyright infringement lawsuitthat claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name. A California federal judge agreed to dismiss the case on Wednesdayin an order obtained by Rolling Stone. Lawyers for Smith andNormaniasked a …
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Donald Trump has lied about his golf scores, his weight, the size of the crowds he draws, and — according to New York Attorney General Letitia James — his net worth. A new filing from the Attorney General’s office in the state’s civil fraud lawsuit against the former president alleged …
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French Montana and producer Harry Fraud are facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a musician named Skylar Gudasz, who claims the pair sampled one of her songs without permission. The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges Montana and Fraud’s 2022 collaboration “Blue Chills” features an uncleared sample of Gudasz’s …
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X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has motioned to dismiss the lawsuit major music publishers filed against the company in June, accusing the platform of wide-scale copyright infringement. In the motion, reviewed by Rolling Stone, X cited a 2005 supreme court ruling from MGM Studios v. Grokester …
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Shareholders in Live Nation Entertainment are being invited to join a class action lawsuit filed earlier this month accusing the ticketing company of failing to disclose anticompetitive company operations. New York-based firm Bernstein Liebhard’s lawsuit — filed on August 4 in California Federal Court — alleges that Live Nation “failed …
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Lizzo denied allegations of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment in a new statement Thursday that followed a lawsuit filed against her by three of her former dancers. “These last few days have been gut wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing,” Lizzo wrote on Instagram. “My work ethic, morals …
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After years of fighting Scientology in the public arena, Leah Remini will take the battle to court with a new lawsuit against the church and its current leader David Miscavige. In a 60-page lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone and filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles superior court, Remini accuses Miscavige …
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A British judge ruled Thursday that Prince Harry’s snooping lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Group Newspapers can go to trial, albeit without one of its most damning allegations. Like his ongoing lawsuit against the Mirror Group’s tabloids — for which Prince Harry testified against in June — the Duke …
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The city of New York is nearing a settlement to pay $13.7 million as part of a class action lawsuit brought forth by nearly 1,400 people involved in the George Floyd protests. The settlement, filed Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court and pending a judge’s approval, would pay roughly $9,950 …
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The US Virgin Islands is seeking $190 million in penalties from JPMorgan Chase for the bank’s failure to report disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’ssex-trafficking operation, according to a court filing on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported. In the filing, the Virgin Islands’ attorney general’s office said it wants JPMorgan Chase …
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