Ye (formerly Kanye West) is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who says the rapper compared himself to Hitler and threatened her because she is Jewish. The […]
Megan Thee Stallion Wins Ruling In Lawsuit Against YouTuber Gramz
Megan Thee Stallion can proceed with a defamation lawsuit accusing social media personality Milagro Gramz of waging a “campaign of harassment” against the star on behalf of Tory […]
Nick Cannon’s New Show Copies MTV’s ‘Wild ’N Out,’ Lawsuit Says
MTV owner Viacom has filed a lawsuit claiming that Nick Cannon’s new comedy battle rap game show — called Bad vs. Wild — is a “flagrant” copycat of […]
Jimi Hendrix Lawsuit Heads To Trial After UK Court Rejects Sony Appeal
A long-running legal battle over the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s music is going to trial after a U.K. appeals court rejected Sony Music’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit […]
Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl, Spotify Lawsuit Ruling & More Music Law News
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all […]
Librarian’s Termination Violated First Amendment Protections, Lawsuit Claims
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Little Rock-based law firm Kutak Rock filed suit in Arkansas federal court Monday alleging a former library […]
Can Kendrick Play ‘Not Like Us’ At Super Bowl Amid Drake Lawsuit?
Will Drake’s pending defamation lawsuit stop Kendrick Lamar from performing “Not Like Us” during his Super Bowl halftime performance? Legal experts say it might — but that it […]
Spotify Beats MLC Audiobook Lawsuit
Spotify won a ruling Wednesday dismissing a lawsuit from the Mechanical Licensing Collective that accused the streamer of unfairly slashing royalty rates, with a federal judge ruling that […]
Bittensor Hackers, Accused of Stealing Over $28 Million, Face Federal Lawsuit
Thirty-two people who saw over $28 million in cryptocurrency stolen from them in last summer’s Bittensor attack have filed what appears to be the first complaint against disgruntled […]
Meet the Attorneys In ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit
As the legal battle over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” gets underway, both sides have retained top attorneys – with Drake hiring a lawyer who battles […]