A Manhattan federal judge has tossed out a sexual assault lawsuit against Russell Simmons on grounds that he now lives in Indonesia, but legal problems still abound for […]
Arnold & Porter Representing ABA in Lawsuit Challenging USAID Funding Halt
Counsel for the American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the ABA’s international human rights program is suffering “grievous irreparable harm” from the President Donald Trump administration […]
Diddy Files $100M Defamation Lawsuit Over Peacock Documentary
Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (Feb. 12) against NBCUniversal, claiming the company defamed him with the Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. […]
Meta Costs Black Students Opportunities in Higher Education, New Discrimination Lawsuit Says
Meta Platforms is facing a civil rights and privacy lawsuit in the District of Columbia for allegedly racially discriminating on its platforms by disproportionately steering for-profit education advertisements […]
Kanye West Faces Lawsuit From Jewish Staffer Over ‘Hail Hitler’ Text
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 […]