lawsuit
Hyundai Motor America and Kia America Inc. will pay nearly a quarter of a billion dollars after a viral TikTok challenge exposed major security flaws in their vehicles. According to Reuters, the auto manufacturers have agreed to settle a $200 million class-action lawsuit over the recent rise of car thefts. The complaint was filed after TikTok users, known as “the Kia […]
Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” copyright infringement lawsuit is still ongoing. CNN Business reports that last Thursday, the 32-year-old got on the stand to play his guitar and sing the first line of the song to prove that he didn’t copy core elements from the Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” Sheeran’s performance was in […]
AEG issued a cease-and-desist to a Los Angeles-based filmmaker after he created and shared a video of Frank Ocean’s entire Coachella headlining set. Variety reports that Brian Kinnes—who didn’t go to the music festival—sifted through hundreds of YouTube clips from fellow fans in order to create the film of the singer’s divisive 80-minute set. After uploading […]
Adidas investors have filed a class action lawsuit against the sportswear brand following its fallout with former collaborative partner Kanye West last year. The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. district court for the district of Oregon, alleges that top executives at the sportswear giant, including Adidas chief financial officer Harm Ohlmeyer and former CEO Kasper Rørsted were aware […]
The heirs of Ed Townsend—the songwriter and producer who co-wrote Marvin Gaye’s classic record “Let’s Get It On”—are suing Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement for allegedly copying core aspects of the R&B classic for his chart-topping track “Thinking Out Loud.” The Townsend estate, including his daughter, Kathryn Townsend Griffin, sister Helen McDonald, and the estate of his […]
A woman is suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband’s dead body. The New York Times reports Marilyn Jones, 78, and her two daughters and three grandchildren have filed a lawsuit against the cruise line, alleging the cruise ship kept Jones’ husband’s body in a drinks cooler on the ship after he died last year. Jones’ husband Robert Jones, 79, […]
Lil Uzi Vert has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over “Strawberry Peels,” the Young Thug and Gunna-featured track from the Philly rapper’s 2020 album LUV Vs. The World 2. As reported by AllHipHop, Sun City Publishing filed a lawsuit in January against Uzi, Thug, Gunna, and producer Wheezy for sampling Blackout’s 1995 single, “Dim Da Lights.” Labels […]
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Texas inmate who spent more than half of his life in solitary confinement. According to Reuters, 54-year-old Dennis Wayne Hope sued Polunsky Unit prison officials several years ago, claiming he was forced to spend 22 to 24 hours a day inside a 9 feet long and 6 […]
Drake is being sued for copyright infringement after he reportedly used an unauthorized sample by Ghanaian rapper Obrafour on “Calling My Name.” In court documents originally published by Music Business Worldwide, Obrafour claimed that Drizzy’s record label Republic Records reached out to him to clear the use of a sample in the Honestly, Nevermind cut. Obrafour, real […]
A trial for the mother of 15-year-old Youtube superstar Piper Rockelle is set to begin on Monday. Tiffany Smith is facing multiple claims of harassment, molestation, and abuse from 11 teen content creators who appeared on the young star’s channel. In the file documents made in January 2022, the teens accused Smith of “emotional, verbal, […]
