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Attorneys for numerous artists from Luis Fonsi and Anitta to Pitbull and Karol G are responding to a lawsuit that claims that hundreds of reggaeton songs infringed the copyright of one reggae track from 1989. They want the lawsuit tossed. The original case, filed by Jamaican duo Steely & Clevie …

Just weeks after Nevada passed a law eliminating the civil statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases involving adults, nine women filed a sexual assault lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against Bill Cosby on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The lawsuit alleges that the disgraced actor used his “enormous power, …

The National Music Publishers Association and its members are suing Twitter for copyright infringement, claiming the site has infringed on over 1,700 different songs. The suit, filed in Federal Court in Nashville on Wednesday, includes many of the industry’s most prominent music publishing companies and seeks as much as $150,000 …

Takeoff‘s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the Houston venue where the Migos rapper was shot and killed during a party in Nov. 2022. Titania Davenport, the mother of the rapper born Kirsnick Ball, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in a Harris County, Texas district court …

The founder and a former executive of OneTaste — a “sexuality-focused wellness education” company based in San Francisco, have been charged with forced labor conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Nicole Daedone, the founder who served as CEO until 2017, and Rachel Cherwitz, who served as head of sales, were …

Paul Oakenfold faces a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former personal assistant who accuses the famed DJ and producer of masturbating in front of her on several occasions. In the lawsuit, filed Friday in a Los Angeles superior court, a plaintiff under the name “Jane Roe” alleged that she …

Indie pop band OK Go and breakfast titan Post have settled their legal action against each other stemming from a planned line of “OK Go!” cereals. As Rolling Stone reported in April, after Post launched their new line of on-the-go, just-add-water cereals in a few test markets, lawyers for the …

Entrepreneur and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has sued the spirits giant Diageo, accusing the company of failing to invest resources into his Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila brands — treating them as “urban” products. In a suit filed Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, lawyers for Combs claim Diageo …

Kanye West’s Donda Academy allegedly fostered a chaotic environment of bullying, health and safety violations, and endless sushi lunches according to a lawsuit that now includes three teachers as plaintiffs. The two original plaintiffs, Cecilia Hailey and her daughter Chekarey Byers, claim they were unfairly fired from Donda Academy in …

Bill Cosby faces yet another sexual assault lawsuit, this time from a woman who accuses the disgraced comedian of drugging and raping her in 1969. Victoria Valentino, a former Playboy centerfold, filed the lawsuit Thursday in a Los Angeles County Superior Court under the one-year window allowing alleged victims of …