Rihanna due in court over Brown beating next month
Rihanna has been subpoenaed to appear at a preliminary hearing on 22 June in the case against Chris Brown, whose lawyer is facing a separate photographer's lawsuit.…
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Spector to be sentenced today
Phil Spector is due in a Los Angeles court to be sentenced for the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson, with prosecutors seeking at least nineteen years.…
C-Murder pleads no contest to attempted murder charges
Rapper C-Murder has pleaded no contest to attempted murder charges from a 2001 club incident, with a ten-year sentence reportedly agreed, ahead of his August murder retrial.…
German courts ban Depeche Mode ticket resales
A Munich court has banned ticket reseller Ventic from selling tickets for Depeche Mode's German tour, ruling in favour of promoter Marek Lieberberg.…
Brown estate finally settled
A South Carolina judge has approved a settlement of James Brown's estate, dividing assets between a charitable trust, his widow and son, and his six adult children.…
Nesson plans to fight RIAA's "unconstitutional abuse of law"
Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Joel Tenenbaum against an RIAA lawsuit, argues the industry's individual file-sharing litigation is an unconstitutional abuse of law.…
EC Commissioner welcomes moves in European collecting society community - well, mainly French moves
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has welcomed French society SACEM's offer to entrust other societies with its repertoire for pan-European licensing.…
TI will start 366 day prison sentence today
Rapper TI was due to report to prison in Arkansas after a US judge refused a further delay, and his sentence was confirmed as a year and a day.…
Drummer sues Billy Joel
Billy Joel's former drummer Liberty DeVitto is suing for unpaid royalties and access to sales accounts, after being dismissed from the band in 2005.…
Labels sue P2P maker through Spanish courts
Record labels and publishers are suing P2P software maker Pablo Soto in Spain for 13 million euros, arguing his company profited from enabling copyright infringement.…
Martin says that being sued is helpful
Coldplay's Chris Martin says a lawsuit from Joe Satriani over alleged plagiarism has inspired the band to write better songs.…
Dolla shooting suspect claims self defence
The man charged with shooting rapper Dolla claims he acted in self defence after an earlier altercation, according to his lawyer, and is due in court to enter a plea.…