Music Law

When I read Beyonce and Jay-Z paid $1.3million to section off a part of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York for delivery of their child, Blue Ivy Carter as reported by news media, I smelt a potential lawsuit from afar. [...]

Thank you all for a fantastic year! I appreciate every visit, your emails, your comments, your time. Uduak Law Firm’s Fashionentlaw.com blog clocked one year old this July 2011. Boy have we covered so much ground! When people experience the [...]

As an attorney who is intimately connected with the use of social media on the front and back end, I believe I can authoritatively say these are really exciting times we live in! Long time followers of this blog know [...]

The following  story hit the web yesterday of an alleged lawsuit planned by Nigeria’s Cross River State against Maybach Music Group’s Rick Ross. On December 26th, 2011, Allhiphop.compublished an exclusive story stating that although Rick Ross was to perform in [...]

Folks there are two legal issues that arise from this case. Both of which I have discussed in the past. The first legal issue is that of Trademark Infringement. Please visit the Chris Aire v. Louis Vuitton case  to see [...]

Folks, the issues raised in this lawsuit is one I will further discuss in depth from a social media law perspective and how You Tube works in the nearest future. For now, the legal issues raised here are two fold: [...]

Folks I have discussed breach of contract agreements in the past and focused specifically on concert cancellations. Please reference the J-Lo and Mos Def concert cancellation for a review. The facts on the country music group Sugaland reported below by [...]

I had the privilege of interviewing one of the legal sharks/rockstar attorneys in the licensing field, Greg Battersby. Greg is an Intellectual Property atttorney, an author and current General Counsel for LIMA. In my video interview, we cover the basic [...]

I told you all about the Lindsay Lohan v. Pitbull case where Lohan sued Pitbull under a New York Right of Publicity statute. Update: Pitbull is challenging Lohan’s claim that she is a residence of  New York. To do so, [...]

Justin Bieber’s latest hit Mistletoe has gathered over 20million hits in one week. But, even such amazing performance has not deterred the controversy surrounding him and a new bill to criminalize streaming of unauthorized work online. Read on. . . [...]