June 19, 2014
A Nevada federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Las Vegas singer performing under the name of 1950s vocal group The Platters to label his group a tribute band, while also ordering him to pay the estate of founding member Herb Reed $60,000 in damages as part of a decades-old trademark dispute.
December 19, 2011
The founding member of 1950s vocal group The Platters ramped up a decades-old dispute over the rights to the band's name, filing suit Thursday in Nevada seeking to block a Las Vegas singer from performing as a member of the group.