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Kodak Black’s Scores Legal Victory As Drugs Case Gets Dismissed

Kodak Black has scored a rare legal victory after his drug case was fully dismissed.The Florida rapper (real name Bill Kapri) was arrested in December for cocaine possession and tampering with physical evidence, as well as being improperly parked.The drug possession charge was dismissed earlier this year after lab tests proved the drug was not cocaine but oxycodone, which Kodak had a prescription for.According to TMZ, the remaining witness tampering […]

todayApril 19, 2024

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Mary J. Blige Sample, Madonna Case, Morgan Wallen & More Legal 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 the fun stuff in between. This week: Mary J. Blige’s 1992 “Real Love” draws a new copyright case over an oft-sampled funk song with a long history in both hip hop and music law; Madonna strikes back against angry fans who sued […]

todayApril 9, 2024 1

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Supreme Court NRA case tests ‘muscle’ of New York regulators

The National Rifle Association contends that insurers dropped their business with the gun advocacy group because of coercion from New York regulators.The head of the New York Department of Financial Services, which has broad power over banks and insurers, cautioned businesses about potential reputational risks for dealing with the NRA.WASHINGTON – The National Rifle Association is once again battling New York state regulators − this time at the Supreme Court […]

todayMarch 18, 2024 2

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Young Thug Lawyer Cite Overturned Murder Conviction In RICO Case

Young Thug‘s lawyer, Brian Steel, has filed another memorandum of law in an attempt to get the YSL RICO case tossed out of court.According to Law & Crime — who accessed the documents before the site-wide Fulton County Court outage — the move comes in the wake of a murder conviction in another Georgia case with ties to Hip Hop.On Tuesday (March 5), Morgan Cardelle Baker’s conviction in a 2019 […]

todayMarch 8, 2024 3

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Eagles Lyrics Case Abruptly Dropped Following New Henley Evidence

Prosecutors on Wednesday abruptly dropped the charges against three men accused of stealing handwritten Eagles lyrics from Don Henley after the bandleader reportedly failed to disclose thousands of pages of evidence on time.The news came to light after Henley waived his attorney-client privilege, thus granting prosecutors access to 6,000 pages of previously undisclosed materials, including emails between Henley, Eagles manager Irving Azoff and their legal team. Assistant District Attorney Aaron Ginandes […]

todayMarch 6, 2024

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Eagles Lyric Pages Valued at Over $700,000 During Court Case

An auctioneer who’d been approached to sell 13 pages of Don Henley’s handwritten lyrics for “Hotel California” said he’d expected the transaction to raise at least $700,000 – giving each page a value of around $54,000.Those pages – and hundreds like them from the Eagles’ Hotel California era – are the subject of a criminal trial, with author Ed Sanders accused of trying to sell them when they remained the band […]

todayFebruary 24, 2024 2

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Steven Tyler Sexual Assault Case Dismissed

A sexual assault lawsuit filed against Steven Tyler has been dismissed, after a judge ruled the Aerosmith singer’s actions did not present “serious risk of physical injury” to the plaintiff.The case stemmed from an incident in 1975. Model Jeanne Bellino, who was 17 at the time, claimed that Tyler “stuck his tongue down her throat, and put his hands upon her body, her breasts, her buttocks and her genitals” inside […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Why Green Day Singer Got Rid of Original Lyrics to ‘Basket Case’

Did you know that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong initially wrote love song lyrics for what would eventually become "Basket Case"? Luckily for him and us he eventually decided to keep the music but go a different direction with the song.During a recent appearance on the Song Exploder podcast, Armstrong broke down how the song came about and even shares the music from his initial 4-track demo with the original […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024 1

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Lizzo Asks To Seal Docs Related To Ongoing Sexual Harassment Case

Lizzo‘s attorneys have petitioned the courts to seal documents related to the ongoing sexual harassment suit against her, claiming that failure to do so could result in a detriment to her business.According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, the petition to seal the documents was filed on Thursday (December 21), stating that the “Good As Hell” singer worries that “documents, correspondence and testimony that contain sensitive, confidential information and/or […]

todayDecember 23, 2023 3

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