Bill Donahue is a senior legal correspondent at Billboard. He specializes in covering the intersection of the music business and the law, with a focus on high-profile lawsuits and legal issues involving major artists and music companies. Bill's insights into music law have been featured in Bloomberg News, Business Day, and NPR, among others.
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In a complaint filed Wednesday (Jan. 15) in Florida court, the controversial rapper (Daniel Hernandez) says LA Fitness owes him more than $1 million
By: Bill Donahue
This week: Drake sues Universal Music Group for defamation over Kendrick Lamar's diss track “Not Like Us”; the Supreme Court upholds a ban on TikTok
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The blockbuster case, filed last year in Los Angeles federal court, claims that frontman Fred Durst and the band have “not seen a dime in royalties” over the years.
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The lawsuit, filed last year , claims the Rock Hall never paid to license Neil Zlozower's image — a black-and-white photo of late-'70s Van Halen in
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the news site Puck Michael – a musical biopic from director Antoine Fuqua starring Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role – was
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Nathan J. Hochman , elected in November, said his office had decided that the statute of limitations had expired for any domestic violence charges
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Drake and Universal Music Group lawyer up in the “Not Like Us" lawsuit/
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In a lawsuit filed on Monday (Jan. 27) in Michigan federal court, Eight Mile Style accuses LaFontaine Ford St.
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This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from , offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between.
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In a lawsuit filed in Michigan court Monday (Jan. 27), Dank Demoss (Dajua Blanding) says the driver of a black Mercedes sedan told her during the
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