December 17, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday tentatively threw out the third iteration of an intellectual property lawsuit accusing NBCUniversal Inc. and others of stripping a former N.W.A. manager of co-authorship rights on the film "Straight Outta Compton," finding there wasn't enough evidence that he was actually a co-author.
July 03, 2017
A federal judge has denied a bid to disqualify Greenberg Traurig LLP from representing NBCUniversal Inc. and others in a defamation suit over the portrayal of rap group N.W.A.'s manager in the film "Straight Outta Compton," saying there was "little basis" for granting the request.
May 02, 2017
Greenberg Traurig LLP slammed a bid to disqualify it from representing NBCUniversal and others in a defamation suit over the portrayal of rap group N.W.A's manager in the film "Straight Outta Compton," saying Monday the manager's lawyer had admitted he was only seeking disqualification to force a settlement.
April 25, 2017
The estate of the former manager of rap group N.W.A. asked a California federal court Monday to disqualify Greenberg Traurig LLP from representing NBCUniversal, Ice Cube and other defendants in the ex-manager's defamation suit stemming from his portrayal in the movie "Straight Outta Compton," arguing that a Greenberg partner once represented him in the early 1990s.
March 28, 2016
A California federal judge Monday tentatively dismissed most of ex-N.W.A. manager Gerald Heller's $110 million lawsuit alleging NBCUniversal, Ice Cube and others cribbed his memoir and slandered him through his portrayal as a "sleazy manager" in "Straight Outta Compton," but said Heller could try again with more specific allegations.