A lawsuit over the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s music is going to trial after a judge ruled that the heirs of his bandmates can keep suing Sony Music.

Notorious B.I.G.'s estate is suing Target, Home Depot and others for allegedly selling unauthorized prints of the famed "King of New York" photos.

Can Kendrick Lamar play “Not Like Us” during his Super Bowl halftime show after Drake filed a defamation lawsuit? Legal experts answer the question.

A copyright court ruling in Louisiana found termination rights have global reach, a novel legal decision opponents say will cause "chaos."

The estate of superhero co-creator Joseph Shuster alleges overseas copyright infringement against Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics.

Spotify won a ruling dismissing the Mechanical Licensing Collective's lawsuit alleging the streamer illegally cut royalty rates by adding audiobooks.

Drake and Universal Music Group lawyer up in the “Not Like Us" lawsuit/

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Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming the music giant defamed him by promoting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us."

Video streaming site Vimeo fended off an appeal on Monday from units of record labels Universal Music Group and Sony Music in a long-running U.S. copyright dispute over alleged piracy on Vimeo's platform.

Megan Thee Stallion won a restraining order against Tory Lanez after testifying that she’s scared he’ll “shoot me again” when released from prison.

Travis Scott, SZA and Future are facing a copyright lawsuit claiming they stole key elements of their 2023 hit “Telekinesis” from an earlier track.

In the Ramones legal war, Johnny Ramone’s widow won a legal ruling against Joey Ramone‘s brother over a planned Netflix movie starring Pete Davidson.

Jay-Z (Sean Carter) has filed his first response in court to a lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs.

A Bassnectar sex abuse lawsuit will go to trial after a judge refused to toss it. The lawsuit accuses him of sexually abusing three underage girls.

Panel rules Congress has the power to shut down Chinese-backed app in the U.S. because of national security concerns.

Village People singer Victor Willis is threatening to sue news outlets that describe “Y.M.C.A” as a “gay anthem,” but legal experts question his case.

Drake v. UMG, the Miley Cyrus case and the Limp Bizkit lawsuit are among the cases covered in this roundup of the latest developments in music law.

Drake has launched a second legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” accusing the music giant of defamation.

Drake says UMG and Spotify schemed to boost Kendrick Lamar’s "Not Like Us" via bots, payola and other methods.

Nelly’s former St. Lunatics bandmates dropped out of a lawsuit seeking royalties from the rapper’s breakout album Country Grammar.

SiriusXM violated federal consumer protection law by making it too difficult for listeners to cancel their subscriptions, a New York judge ruled.

Tory Lanez's gun in the Megan Thee Stallion case is not missing, say prosecutors, rebutting claims by his defense team that it has vanished.

Miley Cyrus filed her first legal response to a copyright lawsuit claiming her hit “Flowers” was stolen from Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man."

Sony Music settled a lawsuit claiming anti-white discrimination that was brought by a Columbia Records employee.

Young Thug is still facing a years-old civil lawsuit from AEG accusing the rapper of violating an exclusive touring agreement and owing $5 million.