Bringing a federal action over the rights to the film “London Fields,” three distributors and financiers accuse director Matthew Cullen of holing up with the mystery-crime thriller after going over-schedule and over-budget.
Read moreTracy Chapman brought a federal complaint Monday against Nicki Minaj, claiming Minaj violated copyright on Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You” song in Minaj’s recording “Sorry.”
Read moreThe Third Circuit heard arguments Monday from a bank executive whose book was found to infringe the copyright for Commerce Bank marketing materials.
Read moreThe Dominican music producer Sosobrita claims in court that reggaeton El Mayor Clasico hit him in the face on Sept. 20 while they were attending the Urban Awards Gala at the United Palace Theater.
Read moreGeoffrey Rush told the judge hearing his defamation case on Monday he felt distraught and as though his head was filled with lead on seeing a newspaper’s publication of allegations he had behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star.
Read moreKevin Cadogan, a founding member and lead guitarist of Third Eye Blind, brought a federal complaint against the band and its current lead singer Stephan Jenkins, claiming they re-released its 1997 debut album with four unreleased songs, without informing him or paying him.
Read moreWorld Wrestling Entertainment, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair and his daughter, Charlotte Flair, are being sued by Charlotte’s ex-husband who claims the defendants defamed him in a 2017 book.
Read moreA group of strippers argued Wednesday morning before a Sixth Circuit panel to undo the approval of a class-action settlement with their employers for wage violations.
Read moreDennis Hof, a legal pimp who gained notoriety for an HBO series about his business and who has fashioned himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican candidate for the state Legislature, has died, Nevada authorities said Tuesday.
Read moreA Bernie Sanders supporter argued Tuesday before the Sixth Circuit to overturn a lower court decision finding that she was not defamed by actor James Woods’ tweet misidentifying her as an “agitator” making a Nazi salute at a Donald Trump campaign rally.
Read moreLeonard Williams (Tower of Power) filed a class action against Warner Music Group, claiming it uses Hollywood accounting to defraud musicians of royalties from international streaming, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday dismissed a royalties lawsuit brought by the widow of the inventor of the DeLorean, the car made famous as the time machine in the “Back to the Future” movies, finding her claims are barred by a 2015 settlement agreement.
Read moreThe global supply of beer could be the next victim of climate change, according to a study published Monday in Nature Plants.
Read moreThe Beatles’ psychedelic masterwork “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been named the most popular British album in history.
Read moreRock group Fleetwood Mac fired guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham over the phone in January this year and after 43 years and several albums he’s suing his former band members, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday.
Read moreFyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland was sentenced Thursday to six years in jail and $26 million in restitution for frauds that ran long after a disastrous 2017 concert in the Bahamas led to his arrest.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed the Music Modernization Act into law, guaranteeing royalty payments to artists and songwriter for pre-1972 recordings, and increased compensation for works played by streaming services.
Read moreThe judge presiding over the prosecution of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein dropped a charge Thursday related to allegations that he forced oral sex from an actress.
Read moreAlexander Morfin claims in court that Warner Bros. Entertainment defamed him by using his mugshot in a criminal lineup in “The Accountant” movie.
Read moreThe Second Circuit lifted a ban Wednesday on the release of a biopic that probes the 1977 plane crash that killed the front man and other members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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