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THOMSON REUTERS WINS A.I. FAIR USE CASE
On September 29, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Thirds Circuit upheld a district court judgment and ruled in favor of Thomas Reuters (the owner of the legal ... -
SONY MUSIC SUES RALPHS PARENT COMPANY KROGER
On August 21, 2026, Ralph’s parent company, Kroger, was sued by Sony Music for copyright infringement in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Sony alleges that ... -
SONY SUES UDIO AGAIN
Sony Music has sued A.I. startup Udio for copyright infringement for a second time. Sony asserts Udio used over 30,000 recordings it copied without permission in order to train it’s ... -
MUSICIANS’ UNION SUES UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP
The American Federation of Music (AFM), the union for session musicians, has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG). The AFM alleges that the ... -
SHAKIRA WINS TAX CASE IN SPAIN
Colombian superstar singer Shakira was recently acquitted in a tax fraud case in Madrid, Spain. The court ruled that she is entitled to a refund of approximately $70 million in ... -
COURT HOLDS LIVE NATION MONOPOLIZED THE MARKET FOR CONCERT TICKETS
A Federal court jury in New York recently held that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, had an illegal monopoly on concert ticket sales. Live Nation/Ticketmaster used its dominant position ... -
FORMER FUGEES MEMBER DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST BANDMATE LAURYN HILL
Pras Michel, a former member of the highly successful hip-hop trio the Fugees, has dismissed (without prejudice) his lawsuit filed in New York federal court in October 2024 against former ... -
The Legal Beat: CHANCE THE RAPPER TRIAL AGAINST FORMER MANAGER BEGINS
A jury trial has begun on Chancelor Bennett AKA Chance the Rapper’s lawsuit against his former manager, Pat “The Manager” Corcoran. The main issue is whether or not an oral ... -
The Legal Beat: RAPPER RBX’S CLASS ACTION AGAINST SPOTIFY
In late 2025, Rapper RBX, whose real name is Eric Dwayne Collins, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in California against streaming giant Spotify, alleging that Spotify failed ... -
The Legal Beat: JUDGE ALLOWS SWIFTIE ANTITRUST LAWSUIT TO CONTINUE
On November 24, 2025, Taylor Swift fans (known as “Swifties”) got good news when a federal district court judge in Los Angeles ruled that the Swifties’ antitrust lawsuit against defendants ...
