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In this episode of Splitting Heirs, host Warren K. Racusin invites Lowenstein partner Matt Savare and Bart Feller, Principal flute of the New Jersey Symphony, New York City Opera Orchestra, and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, to...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
Making and playing music have never been so popular. The modern music technology industry has made a lot of this possible but may have reached an inflection point. ...more
The National Football League has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its arbitration process, overseen by the commissioner, complies with federal law, appealing a Second Circuit ruling in favor of a coach suing the...more
Fairly recently, Greek Parliament passed a Bill introducing serious changes to the representation powers of Greek CMOs in an effort to strengthen their position in the Greek market. These changes seriously affect direct...more
Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore “barged his way” into the apartment of a woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened to kill himself after she reported the relationship to the school...more
Last week, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. filed suit against BEHR Paint Company over an Instagram post on the brand’s account that included The Rolling Stones song Paint It, Black. ...more
District court dismisses songwriters’ copyright claims against Brazilian pop star Anitta and her label, holding plaintiffs failed to adequately allege access where Anitta was only 14 years old and living in Brazil when...more
In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge Pamela K. Chen opened a new realm of possibilities for trade secret protection. Judge Chen’s order acknowledges that, at least in very rare circumstances, an album of music, even one...more
In copyright suit brought by music publishers against AI developer Anthropic, district court denies Anthropic’s motion to dismiss amended claims of secondary copyright infringement, finding publishers plausibly alleged that...more
District court dismisses rap star Drake’s suit against UMG Recordings alleging that rival Kendrick Lamar’s hit “Not Like Us” defamed him by calling him a “certified pedophile,” holding that “diss tracks” constitute...more
Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more
In a recent decision, a New York federal court refused to dismiss claims of trade secret misappropriation and ruled that, given its confidential and exclusive nature, Wu-Tang Clan’s single copy album—"Once Upon a Time in...more
Pittsburgh’s so-called jock tax, which levies a 3% tax on income earned by visiting athletes and performers at publicly funded stadiums, discriminates against nonresidents, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday....more
An Idaho transgender athlete asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to drop a challenge against a state law that “bars transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams,” according to a filing by her...more
A Nashville federal judge Friday declined to grant a Division I college basketball player another year of eligibility, finding that the student-athlete has not shown how the National Collegiate Athletic Association‘s...more
District court dismisses SoundExchange’s suit against Sirius XM Radio seeking $150 million in alleged unpaid royalties, finding that “licensing and enforcement of rights” under Section 114 of Copyright Act is not synonymous...more
Companies that rely on digital marketing and social media are now facing serious consequences over music copyright. Many have been hit with multimillion-dollar lawsuits for unwittingly using popular songs in social media...more
A former Major League Soccer marketing executive sued the league in New York federal court Friday, alleging he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly complaining of racial discrimination by his superiors....more
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday threatened the state of California with legal action after the state refused to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports as demanded by President Donald...more
On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari from Cox Communications Inc. and agreed to weigh in on one of the most consequential digital copyright cases in recent memory....more
Suno is a leading AI-powered music generation platform which transforms simple text prompts, images, videos, or audio clips into fully produced songs complete with vocals and instrumentation. Last week, renowned music...more
Ann Chen, deputy chair of the firm’s Capital Markets & Corporate department, provides an insider perspective on the crossroads of corporate law and entertainment, particularly in the music catalog space....more
A recent ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Central California in the lawsuit against Miley Cyrus and others for the song “Flowers” highlighted the power that a single copyright co-owner holds in...more