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Limp Bizkit Ruling, A$AP Rocky Assault Trial, Drake v. UMG Lawyers & More Top Music Law News
Limp Bizkit's lawsuit hits a snag with a new ruling, Drake & UMG hire top lawyers for the "Not Like Us" case and more in this music law news recap.
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. LAWYER UP – With Drake ’s lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar ’s diss track “Not Like Us” still in the earliest stages, I wrote a deep-dive on the high-powered legal teams each side has hired. The lawsuit, which also names Burgess’ attorney Ariel Mitchell as a defendant, claims the fake reports about the videos caused him “profound reputational and economic injury and severe prejudice” ahead of his looming criminal trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
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