Pop Culture
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The stars of the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” announced Tuesday that they have struck a settlement agreement with Vivendi SA subsidiary Universal Music Group Inc., letting the company exit the suit accusing it and others of withholding royalties related to the cult classic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Alec Baldwin has hired Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to handle the legal counterattack he launched on Friday against a New York man who accused the anger-prone actor of assaulting him last year over a parking spot… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Nike Inc. sued Skechers USA Inc. in California federal court on Monday alleging the Southern California-based shoemaker stole Nike’s patent-protected cushioning technologies, marking the fourth in a series of similar legal actions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Katy Perry, her songwriters and Capitol Records asked a California federal court Wednesday to upend a jury’s $2.8 million verdict against them in a case alleging their hit single “Dark Horse” swiped a musical phrase from a Christian rap song… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged the NBA on Wednesday to suspend its operations in China, marking the latest development in a fracas kicked off by a general manager’s tweet last week in support of ongoing anti-government protests in Hong Kong… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 