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Baxter HolmesOct 10, 2025, 06:01 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. The New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors agreed to voluntarily dismiss a 2023 lawsuit involving the alleged theft …

Drake’s federal lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), for their involvement promoting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” is officially over after a federal judge threw it out on Thursday (October 9), reports the Associated Press. In her ruling, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas stated that the song is a series of opinions, not defamatory allegations, …

Getty Images A judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us. Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Lamar’s lyrics, which accused Drake and his associates of being “certified paedophiles”, were “nonactionable opinion” and could not be considered defamatory. Drake filed the lawsuit in January accusing Universal Music Group (UMG), the record label behind both …

The NFL has one less thing to worry about. Not that the league had any potential liability arising from Kendrick Lamar’s performance during the Super Bowl halftime show of “Not Like Us,” with lyrics that dub Lamar’s rival, Drake, as a “certified pedophile.” But the NFL won’t have to spend any time, effort, or money preparing and presenting witnesses during …

Judge Dismisses Drake’s Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’  The New York Times US judge tosses Drake lawsuit over Lamar diss track  Yahoo Drake’s defamation case against record label UMG dismissed by federal judge  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Defamation Suit Against Universal Music Group Is Dismissed  Variety Judge dismisses Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick …

A federal judge on Thursday (Oct. 9) dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” ruling that a “war of words” during a “heated rap battle” did not violate the law and that some of the case was “logically incoherent.” Drake’s case, filed earlier this year, claimed that UMG defamed him by releasing Lamar’s …

Musk’s X settles ex-Twitter executives’ $128 million severance pay lawsuit  Reuters Elon Musk agrees to settle with fired Twitter execs over severance dispute  CNN Musk settles former Twitter executives’ suit over unpaid severance  BBC Musk Settles Suit by Ex-Twitter CEO Over Denied Severance Pay  Bloomberg.com Musk’s X settles $128 million severance pay lawsuit with former Twitter executives  Fox Business Source link

LeBron James’ “Second Decision” stunt that ended up being nothing more than an advertisement for Hennessy generated plenty of criticism, but one Los Angeles Lakers fan took it far more seriously than it was intended.  TMZ Sports reported Wednesday that Andrew Garcia, who is a 29-year-old Lakers fan, is suing the King in a small claims court for “fraud, deception, …

Elon Musk and X have settled with four former top executives at Twitter, including the former CEO, who accused the billionaire of failing to pay $128m in promised severance pay after he acquired the social media company in 2022 and fired them. The former executives say that Musk falsely accused them of misconduct and forced them out of Twitter after …

Elon Musk will settle a $128 million lawsuit with four Twitter executives he fired after taking over the company in 2022. One of Musk’s first moves upon buying Twitter was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and top lawyers Sean Edgett and Vijaya Gadde. The four executives never received severance payments, which they claim is because they tried …