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Madonna Sued By Sleepy Fans, MJ Estate Battles Vegas Show & More Top Music Law Stories

In this week’s Legal Beat, Madonna faces a class action over late concerts, Michael Jackson’s estate fights a tribute act, Ice Spice is sued over copyrights and more.

Madonna was hit with a proposed class action last week because the Material Girl allegedly started three New York City concerts later than scheduled, a delay that her accusers say caused real legal harm to ticket buyers who, among other things, “had to get up early to go to work” the next day. But ticket buyers Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden claim that by making fans wait two extra hours beyond the listed start time, she not only breached her contract with them, but also committed a “wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.” JONAS-TURNER DIVORCE SETTLEMENT – Former Games of Thrones actress Sophie Turnerdropped her “wrongful retention” lawsuit against ex-husband Joe Jonas over the custody of their two daughters after the former couple signed a co-parenting consent plan approved by a U.K. judge.

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