Pop Culture
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A Los Angeles fashion company under-invoiced imported clothes as a way of avoiding customs tariffs and laundering money, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced Ambiance Apparel and its owner had agreed to plead guilty to the scheme and pay $118 million… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Kanye West promised a business partnership with a Black-led company, but instead stole its technology for his “Sunday Service” video and e-commerce platform, the company alleges in a suit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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“Stuttering John” Melendez, who gained prominence as a comedian and performer on “The Howard Stern Show,” sued Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Wednesday in New York federal court, alleging the satellite broadcaster is replaying clips from the show’s archive that feature Melendez without his permission… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese should not be allowed to stop paying rent even amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, two landlords to the family pizza-arcade chain argued this week in Texas bankruptcy court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Citigroup Inc. won a bid Tuesday in New York federal court to temporarily freeze $175 million the financial giant says Brigade Capital Management LP refused to return after Citigroup mistakenly transferred the amount as part of a $900 million payment to Revlon Inc. lenders… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 