WAITE v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC.

19-cv-1091 (LAK).

450 F.Supp.3d 430 (2020)

John WAITE, an individual; Joe Ely, an individual; Kasim Sulton, an individual; Susan Straw Harris p/k/a Syd Straw, an individual; Leonard Graves Phillips, an individual; Stan Sobol a/k/a Stan Lee, an individual; and Israel Caballero, an individual; and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation doing business as Universal Music Group, and Does 1 through 10, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed March 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan E. Cronin , Gregory M. Bordo , David M. Perry , Blank Rome LLP, Evan S. Cohen , Maryann R. Marzano , Cohen Music Law, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Steven M. Bierman , Melanie Berdecia , Rollin A. Ransom , Lisa M. Gilford , Adriane Peralta , Sidley Austin LLP, Richard S. Mandel , Thomas Kjellberg , Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., Attorneys for Defendant UMG Recordings, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Aspiring singers, musicians, authors and other artists — sometimes young and inexperienced and often not well known — tend to have little bargaining power in negotiating financial arrangements with recording companies, publishers, and others who promote and commercialize...

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