Music Law: From ‘Big Pimpin’ to “Small Pimpin'” Jay-Z Loses Round in Legal Fight Over Sample

My fashion law colleague Staci Riordan recently wrote an article on what she appropriately calls “#thejuggle” and the necessary balancing acts that today’s fashion and entertainment entrepreneur must do. It is a good read and I think will resonate especially with female entrepreneurs in the industry. Welcome to another week of legal musings.  Today’s conversation, “sampling!” Sampling is so common …

Music Law: Beyoncé “Upgrades” Video Game Developer, Gets Slapped With $100 Million Suit

Lots of breach of contract claims this past week. Time to continue our conversation on this blog. The latest is a video game developer who sues Beyoncé for $100million bad faith breach of contract. Beyoncé  (B) tried doing an “upgrade” on them  in a really bad way, they claim. The video game developer(s) came back saying, “Nope! you can’t “upgrade” …