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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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