Net News search results for: u.s district court
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July 15, 2022
Report: Freddie Freeman's Former Agent Suing Fox Sports Radio's Doug Gottlieb For Libel
ESPN's JEFF PASSAN is reporting that FOX SPORTS RADIO host DOUG GOTTLIEB is being sued for libel by sports agent CASEY CLOSE over a tweet GOTTLIEB posted on JUNE 29th alleging that CLOSE, who was fired by his star client FREDDIE FREEMAN in JUNE, … more »
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July 12, 2022
Report: R. Kelly Engaged To One Of His Alleged Victims
Singer R. KELLY, sentenced to serve 30 years in prison on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, is now engaged to JOYCELYN SAVAGE, one of his alleged victims. In a letter SAVAGE penned to U.S. District Judge ANN DONNELLY during his … more »
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June 30, 2022
Kanye West Sued Over Sample Used On His Latest Album
KANYE WEST has been sued over a sample used on his "Donda 2" album, released in FEBRUARY. The suit, filed in U.S. DISTRICT COURT in NEW YORK, claims that in his song, "Flowers", WEST samples the 1986 song "Move Your Body" by … more »
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June 29, 2022
SoundExchange Sues Slacker, LiveOne For Royalty Underpayment
SOUNDEXCHANGE is suing SLACKER, INC. and parent LIVEONE, INC. for breach of contract and underpayment of statutory music royalties. The suit was filed WEDNESDAY (6/29) in U.S. DISTRICT COURT for the Central District of CALIFORNIA, alleging that SLACKER … more »
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June 16, 2022
Radio Music Licensing Committee Takes Licensing Rate Dispute Against ASCAP, BMI To Court
The RADIO MUSIC LICENSING COMMITTEE is taking its battle over broadcast radio music licensing rates to court, filing a petition in U.S. DISTRICT COURT against ASCAP and BMI styled as a "petition for the determination of reasonable final license … more »
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April 18, 2022
Report: Three Alex Jones Companies File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy As Court Losses Mount
THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that three of ALEX JONES' companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the conspiracy theorist and radio broadcaster faces heavy financial consequences in court for spreading falsehoods about the SANDY … more »
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March 23, 2022
Wolkoffs' Lawsuit Against G Networks Settled
The lawsuit filed by DANNO WOLKOFF and LAURA ORKIN WOLKOFF against G NETWORKS LLC (the former SUN BROADCASTING GROUP) for wrongful termination has been settled. An order filed by Judge PAMELA A. BARKER notes that the parties said they have settled the … more »
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March 7, 2022
Court Dismisses Former WTMX (101.9 The Mix)/Chicago Host Melissa McGurren's Defamation Suit Against Hubbard Radio
AUDACY Country WUSN (US99)/CHICAGO morning co-host MELISSA MCGURREN's $10 million defamation suit against her former employer, HUBBARD RADIO, parent company of Hot AC WTMX (101.9 THE MIX)/CHICAGO, has been dismissed by a Federal court. … more »
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February 8, 2022
Bankruptcy Court Ruling May Return Three Stations From Receivership Back To Ed Stolz
A NEVADA bankruptcy judge's ruling granting ED STOLZ' emergency motion to dissolve LARRY PATRICK's receivership of the three stations central to the royalty nonpayment suit that led to STOLZ losing the stations has thrown the sale of the … more »
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December 29, 2021
Taylor Swift Asks Court To Dismiss 'Shake It Off' Trademark Suit
TAYLOR SWIFT's lawyers have requested that a federal judge call off a planned jury trial over allegations that she stole the lyrics to “Shake It Off” from an earlier song about “playas” and “haters,” arguing that … more »