Justin Bieber’s legal team is denying allegations that the 17-year-old fathered a baby with a 20-year-old California woman. The woman, Mariah Yeater, says the teen superstar is the father of her 4-month-old son Tristyn. Yeater filed a lawsuit in San […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Victor Willis is not just the “cop/sailor” from the Village People. He is now leading the voice for musicians seeking to take back control of their copyrighted works. On Wednesday, attorneys for Willis appeared in front of a federal judge […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lionsgate has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit for music that was included in the documentary “More Than a Game.” The documentary follows LeBron James and his teammates through their high school basketball careers. The infringement issue comes from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Americans have been suffering from what has been dubbed, “The Great Recession,” for damn near a decade now. Spending habits have been altered, jobs have been lost, and an all around less consumer-friendly environment exists as a result. Recent polls […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What do ‘The Fighter,’ Beck, CBS, and the NFL have in common? No, not more money and fame than me. That’s too obvious. The real answer: a few riffs from a seemingly discredited 1969 hit, “Let a Woman Be a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Family feuds over the assets of wealthy relatives, either recently deceased or declared incapacitated, are typically sad and ugly, yet common place. When the family member is the classic R&B legend Etta James, the entire sordid story receives media attention […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the end, beautiful friend. On December 9, 2010, Florida Governor Charlie Crist plans to pardon Jim Morrison for his arrest and subsequent conviction for incidents at a 1969 concert in Miami. On March 1, 1969, after a raucous […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As promised, our staff is diligently scouring the internet for important news in entertainment law and bringing it to you in an easy-to-take-in format. Here is your Weekly PULSE. Michaele Salahi, most famous for being the White House party crasher […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here it is! Your weekly ASU Entertainment Law Blog PULSE post, offering quick hits on recent happenings in entertainment and the law. Mocienne Petit-Jackson was denied her request for a paternity test to prove that Michael Jackson is her father. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In response to a question concerning his new record’s dismal sales figures, oft-criticized teen rapper Soulja Boy stated: “I’ve got the number one ringtone in the country right now…if the album doesn’t work out, the ringtones will.”[1] Perhaps hidden underneath […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…