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Diddy Trial Lawyers, Lil Durk Lyrics Dispute, Drake-UMG Lawsuit & More Top Legal News Stories


Diddy trial updates and lawyers, Lil Durk's criminal case, Drake files amended Kendrick Lamar lawsuit against UMG, and more music law 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: A breakdown of the many lawyers working on the Sean “Diddy” Combs litigation; a motion by Lil Durk to dismiss his federal murder-for-hire charges; an updated version of Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group focused on the Super Bowl; and much more. To lead off Billboard ’s annual Top Music Lawyers list, I dove deep into the many attorneys involved in the litigation against Sean “Diddy” Combs over his alleged sexual abuse.

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