Rachel Scharf

Live Nation Sued by Former Exec Claiming He Was Fired for Flagging ‘Serious Corporate Misconduct’ billboard.com/pro/live-natio…

D4vd Murder Case: A Timeline of the Investigation & Charges Over Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Death billboard.com/lists/d4vd-mur…

@wordsbykristin and I investigated how record deals are incorporating AI training. We obtained contracts with new explicit grants of rights - but also found that labels could rely on old blanket licensing clauses to avoid artist approval altogether. billboard.com/pro/how-ai-rig…

D4vd's lawyers say in a new statement that they'll "vigorously defend" the singer's innocence: "Let us be clear – the actual evidence in this case will show that David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death.” billboard.com/business/legal…

Live Nation Lost Its Monopoly Trial. What’s Next — and Could Ticketmaster Really Be Sold? billboard.com/pro/live-natio…

Chatted with @CNNTheStoryIs and @Elex_Michaelson in studio last night about the Live Nation verdict!

Clean sweep of Live Nation at the blockbuster antitrust trial. A judge will now be tasked with deciding what that means - he could break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster or order more limited structural relief.

live nation jury is off to a great start x.com/innercitypress…

Spoke with @WBUR about SCOTUS' music piracy ruling today. My takeaway: Our court system moves more slowly than technology, and sometimes tech is pretty obsolete by the time precedent arrives. Something to think about in the infancy of AI litigation. wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

BMG Sues Anthropic, Entering AI Copyright Battlefield: ‘Egregious Law-Breaking’ billboard.com/pro/bmg-ai-son…

First reported by Billboard: Johnny Ramone’s widow has bought Joey Ramone’s brother out of the Ramones’ estate, ending a years-long legal battle between the two heirs to the iconic punk band’s legacy. billboard.com/pro/ramones-le…

NEW: Nicki Minaj has finally paid a concert security guard allegedly assaulted by her husband in 2019, avoiding at the eleventh hour a forced sale of her $20M mansion to satisfy the judgment.

Obtained the Swedish court lawsuit brought against the Avicii estate by manager Ash Pournouri, who claims the Bergling family breached a contract by falsely suggesting in a Netflix doc and two books he was “manipulative slavedriver” who overworked the DJ and drove him to suicide.

Had a great time speaking with @WBUR about music piracy at the Supreme Court. Take a listen! wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

The Johnny Cash estate sued Coca-Cola for allegedly hiring a tribute singer to mimic his voice in a college football ad. This is the first high-profile case to be brought under Tennessee’s recently enacted right of publicity expansion, the ELVIS Act.

Suno & WMG Ink Licensing Deal, Effectively Settling WMG’s Lawsuit Against the AI Music Company billboard.com/pro/suno-warne…

Revisiting my New York court roots - Don Henley and his longtime manager Irving Azoff have won dismissal of a lawsuit over their ultimately unsuccessful prosecution of three men for allegedly trying to sell stolen, original lyrics from the Eagles’ 1976 album Hotel California.

Lil Nas X (Montero Hill) appeared for a relatively uneventful hearing today in his felony assault case. Only development was scheduling a follow-up hearing in March. Lawyer Drew Findling says they’re “looking forward to a positive resolution.”

Exclusive: A$AP Relli has abandoned plans to retread his shooting claims against A$AP Rocky at a second civil trial in January. “At this point, he’s ready to simply move on from the shooting,” says Relli's attorney. “The ordeal has been a nightmare for him."