July 01, 2026
A California federal jury found Wednesday that MGA Entertainment owes no punitive damages for misappropriating looks from the OMG Girlz singing group created by rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Harris, wrapping another chapter in a six-year legal battle in which the couple sought up to $125 million in punitive damages.
June 30, 2026
MGA urged a California federal judge Tuesday to end the punitive damages trial in its intellectual property dispute with Tameka Harris and rapper T.I., arguing ahead of closing arguments the Harrises presented no evidence that MGA or its CEO intentionally misappropriated the looks of their girl group when designing dolls.
June 24, 2026
MGA Entertainment's attorney moved for a mistrial Wednesday in a punitive damages case against T.I. over intellectual property theft, telling a California federal judge that the rapper's lawyer engaged in "classic hearsay" by discussing in front of jurors a U.K. court's conclusion that MGA's CEO was an unreliable witness.
June 23, 2026
Counsel for Tameka Harris and rapper T.I. kicked off a fourth trial in California federal court over the couple's intellectual property suit against MGA Entertainment, arguing that a previous jury found that MGA stole the likeness of the hip-hop moguls' girl group and that this jury should now award up to $125 million in punitive damages.
November 21, 2025
A California federal judge on Thursday allowed toy giant MGA Entertainment Inc. to ask the Ninth Circuit if a judge or jury should consider whether hip hop moguls Clifford and Tameka Harris are entitled to punitive damages in long-running litigation over the alleged use of their intellectual property in an MGA line of dolls.
November 17, 2025
Hip-hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris urged a California judge Monday not to send their long-running intellectual property case against toy maker MGA Entertainment to the Ninth Circuit, but instead allow a new jury trial on punitive damages to proceed.
October 17, 2025
Toy maker MGA Entertainment wants to appeal a California federal judge's decision calling for a new jury trial to consider whether to award punitive damages to hip-hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris over a line of dolls called L.O.L. Surprise O.M.G.
September 22, 2025
A California federal judge who tossed a jury's $53.6 million punitive damages award against MGA Entertainment for willfully infringing the trade dress of a pop group co-owned by hip hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris said Monday he would order a new jury to consider whether to award punitive damages.
August 12, 2025
Toy maker MGA Entertainment has asked a California federal judge to decide how much it owes in punitive damages for infringement of trade dress co-owned by rapper Clifford "TI" Harris and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Harris, relating to Tiny Harris' pop group the OMG Girlz, instead of holding the case's fourth jury trial.
July 09, 2025
A California federal judge has reduced a jury's $53.6 million punitive damages award for rapper T.I. and his wife, singer Tameka "Tiny" Harris, to a $1 remitter, setting up a fourth trial in the trademark infringement case if the Harrises don't accept the remitter, which they have already said they will decline.