Kanye West was ordered to pay over $52,000 in authorized charges after a choose dominated his staff stalled discovery in a copyright lawsuit over two “Donda” tracks.
Kanye West has simply taken a authorized hit in Los Angeles, the place a federal choose ordered him and his corporations to pay $52,015 in lawyer charges tied to a copyright dispute over his album, Donda.
The ruling upheld an earlier resolution requiring West to pay authorized prices after his staff refused to cooperate throughout the discovery section of a lawsuit filed by Artist Income Advocates, LLC.
Kanye West credited them as songwriters and producers, however he by no means obtained their clearance to make use of the music, which they are saying generated a minimum of $15 million in income.
West’s and his authorized staff objected to all 65 of their makes an attempt to acquire key paperwork and produced no information in any respect. That led them to ask the courtroom to intervene.
A choose agreed with DJ Khalil and his crew, ordering Kanye West’s corporations at hand over the requested supplies and pay the authorized charges incurred in forcing that final result.
After reviewing billing information, the Justice of the Peace set the quantity at simply over $52,000.
West’s attorneys pushed again, calling the price “extreme” and arguing that the songwriters used too many senior attorneys at excessive hourly charges. They requested that the courtroom cut back the award to $15,000.
The choose wasn’t persuaded and mentioned the variety of objections from West’s staff justified the time spent by the plaintiff’s attorneys.
The price order is a part of a broader lawsuit that continues to be lively in federal courtroom. The case, filed in 2023, might decide whether or not West and his corporations are accountable for copyright infringement associated to the 2 tracks.
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