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In Limp Bizkit’s $200M Lawsuit Against UMG, Judge Brings Key Claims Back Into Play

In the Limp Bizkit UMG lawsuit, the judge brought key legal claims back into play, denying the label's motion to dismiss the band's copyright claim.

A federal judge is shaking up Limp Bizkit ’s $200 million lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), issuing a procedural ruling that sends much of the contentious legal battle to state court but allows copyright claims to move ahead toward trial. In a decision issued Tuesday (March 19), Judge Percy Anderson said he would decline to exercise jurisdiction over the majority of the lawsuit’s accusations against UMG, including its core claim that the band is entitled to a ruling of “rescission” that voids its deals with the label and allows it to take back copyrights to its music. “Plaintiffs’ effort to rescind the agreements as a result of the alleged fraud committed by their former business manager appears to also raise complex and novel theories for which there is limited controlling legal precedent.”

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