September 21, 2021
A federal magistrate judge on Monday recommended awarding Michelman & Robinson LLP far less than the $6.1 million in attorney fees it had sought for helping songwriters reach a settlement in their royalties case against Napster, citing the "jaw-dropping disparity" between the amount the firm claimed it recovered and the amount Napster paid out.
June 29, 2020
The company behind Napster has urged a California federal judge to reject a "wildly inflated" request for $6.1 million in attorney fees lodged by songwriters as part of a settlement aiming to end claims that Napster failed to pay millions in so-called mechanical royalties.
June 15, 2020
A class of songwriters has asked a California federal court to approve $6.1 million in attorney fees from a $20.4 million deal the court has preliminarily approved to end claims that Napster failed to pay millions in so-called mechanical royalties.
May 22, 2019
The company behind Napster said adding extra language to a settlement claims website to ward off double dippers isn't sanctionable activity, telling a California federal court that it has stayed within the limits of the agreement over unpaid royalties.
January 16, 2019
The company that currently operates Napster reached a settlement Tuesday in California federal court to end one of several class actions that claimed streaming music services had failed to pay millions in so-called mechanical royalties to songwriters.
March 09, 2016
Rock band Camper Van Beethoven has hit Rhapsody International Inc. with a proposed class action in California federal court, seeking $150 million for the music streaming service's alleged copyright infringement, after the band's front man recently launched a similar suit against Spotify USA Inc.