March 28, 2016
Rock band The Turtles asked a California federal judge Monday to approve the addition of Susman Godfrey LLP as co-counsel in a class action seeking royalty payments from Sirius XM Radio Inc. for thousands of pre-1972 recording artists.
January 20, 2016
A California federal judge refused Wednesday to freeze a California class action in which rock band The Turtles are seeking royalty payments from Sirius XM Radio Inc. for thousands of pre-1972 recording artists as the Ninth Circuit considers a related case.
November 30, 2015
Sirius XM Radio is pushing to freeze a California class action seeking royalty payments for thousands of pre-1972 recording artists, saying any further litigation should wait until the Ninth Circuit issues a highly awaited decision on whether those musicians deserve to be paid at all.
July 22, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday rebuffed a bid by rock band The Turtles to halt Sirius XM Radio Inc.'s $210 million settlement with the major labels over pre-1972 records, finding that the band's counsel waited too long to complain about not being included in pre-settlement negotiations.
July 13, 2015
Sirius XM Radio Inc. blasted a bid by the Turtles to halt the satcaster's $210 million settlement with the major labels over pre-1972 records Friday, calling it nonsense and "an unprincipled and groundless attempt to collect attorneys' fees."
July 09, 2015
Attorneys for the rock band that's won the key rulings against Sirius XM Radio Inc. in the battle over pre-1972 records filed a scathing response Wednesday to the satcaster's $210 million settlement with the major record labels, urging the court to halt what they called a "brazen attempt" to exclude them from their own victory.
June 09, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday hit pause on a lawsuit that could force Sirius XM Radio Inc. to start paying for pre-1972 recordings, staying the case to let the satellite radio giant seek an appeal of a decision last month that certified a huge class of song owners.
May 27, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted class certification in a long-running, $100 million royalties dispute between the Turtles and Sirius XM Radio Inc., ruling the rock band's proposed class could also include other owners of pre-1972 songs that the satcaster played.
May 22, 2015
The Turtles rock band urged a California federal judge Friday to certify a class of owners of pre-1972 songs that they say Sirius XM Radio Inc. played without paying royalties, contending that the satcaster's argument that the licensing situation for each record is individualized "makes zero sense."
May 07, 2015
Founding members of The Turtles rejected Sirius XM Radio Inc.'s argument against their quest for class certification in the long-running $100 million royalties dispute, telling a California federal judge Wednesday that supposed obstacles to identifying the class were "imaginary."