Jon Eardley, the kinda wacky lawyer who claims he once represented Britney Spears, is appealing a three-year restraining order the singer obtained against him. He also objects to the request that he be liable for Brit's attorney's fees in the case. A hearing has been set for May 29th to determine ...

Rapper Snoop Dogg and his record label Doggystyle Records finally finished up that civil trial over the beating of a fan at a concert. The jury cleared Snoop but found the record label liable for $449,400. Plaintiff Richard Monroe Jr. originally sought $22 million. Monroe jumped on stage during a Snoop ...

Pop music icon Michael Jackson has been sued by his longtime publicist and general manager Raymone Bain. Bain filed suit in Washington D.C., claiming that Jackson has not fulfilled his financial obligations to her. She is seeking $44 million. In 2005, Bain was fired by Michael’s brother Randy just days ...

Jay Bennett, the former guitar and keyboard player for the band Wilco is suing frontman Jeff Tweedy in a Chicago court for unpaid royalties. Bennett was fired during the filming of the documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart eight years ago. His legal complaint claims that he is owed ...

I know a lot of people who'd like to punch Chad Kroeger in the mouth. It is Kroeger, however, that stands accused of punching a Vancouver furniture salesman in the mouth back in 2007. Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback, has been sued in British Columbia by Noah Morse who ...

High School Musical star (and Zac Efron girlfriend) Vanessa Hudgens settled a civil lawsuit brought against her by Johnny Vieira. Vieira is a music producer who claims that Hudgens refused to abide by an agreement they reached before she became famous. Hudgens' lawyer told TMZ.com, "My client appreciates Mr. Vieira's efforts ...

A Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge dismissed a civil lawsuit against rapper Foxy Brown last month. The suit, filed in May 2008, stemmed from a 2007 incident in which Brown (née Inga Marchand) threw her Blackberry at neighbor Arlene Raymond. Raymond suffered a chipped tooth and bruised eye. Brown pleaded guilty last ...

Singer Kelis filed for divorce from her hip-hop star husband Nas today. They married in 2003 and she is seven months pregnant with their first child. Wow. You know it's gotta be pretty bad for a couple to get divorced before the baby is even born. Rumors of marital strife had ...

Jailed hip-hop star DMX (né Earl Simmons) has been ordered to pay $240,000 for assaulting a Connecticut man at JFK International Airport while posing as an FBI agent five years ago. A New York jury also found the rapper liable for causing emotional distress to the man's mother and his ...

Rapper Lil Wayne got sued last year for copyright infringement, accused of failing to get appropriate permissions to sample music from folk singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel's song Once. The samples were used in Lil Wayne's track I Feel Like Dying. Wayne has now dragged a third party into the suit, accusing the ...