Do not try to sue Nelly | Matt Connarton Unleashed

0:00 We talked about some music industry news, the latest chapter in the saga of Taylor Swift versus a podcaster who is suing her over the name life of a showgirl. And again I maintained my position that it is a terribly frivolous lawsuit and it's really silly. But unfortunately Maren Wade's legal team seems to have scored what could be a victory as they continue to push this forward. And I really thought it would get thrown out by now. So I'm pretty stunned. Yeah, I mean, like, why is it still here?

0:30 I was listening to you on the way in and of course, but yeah, and here we are yet again appear well, I speaking of frivolous lawsuits. So this is something that popped up from a digitalmusicnews dot com filing frivolity against Nelly judge saddles attorney suing the rapper with a heavy fine. So there can be consequences for filing a frivolous lawsuit, it says here Ouch, the attorney who sued Nelly for allegedly excluding his former bandmates from credits for his wildly successful debut solo album Country Grammar, has been ordered to pay the rappers legal fees.

1:10 Precious Felder Gates, that's the attorney's name, The attorney for former Funny parents, Precious Felder Gates, who would do that to their kid, The attorney for per former Saint Lunatic's member, Ali Jones. So if you don't know, if you don't know, Saint Lunatics, that's the sort of the supergroup that Nelly was a part of. The hip hop supergroup. They released I think multiple albums as Saint Lunatics, and I think they performed at the super Bowl as as or it was Nelly performing at the super Bowl but Saint Lunatics joined him or something I can't remember exactly.

1:50 But so, the attorney for former Saint Lunatic's member Ali Jones, who launched litigation against Nelly, has been ordered to pay sixty seven, five hundred and eighty six dollars to reimburse the Country Grammar rapper for legal fees he incurred while battling the quote frivolous copyright lawsuit. So you know, think about that before you file a frivolous lawsuit against someone. You might end up paying the legal fees and it could really blow up in your face. Seriously, there should be more accountability to people that use the legal system as a vengeful weapon.

2:23 Absolutely, Nelly's legal counsel Kennethy Freudblitch or Freundlich said, quote, courts have limited patients for litigation used as a weapon rather than a remedy. Frivolous litigation isn't free unquote. Filed in twenty twenty four, the lawsuit originally claimed that Nelly intentionally excluded his former Saint Lunatic's bandmates from credits and royalties for his debut solo album Country Grammar. However, three members Murphy Lee, Kaiwan and City Spud immediately withdrew, stating they never authorized the case and wanted no involvement.

3:04 Ultimately, Ali Jones dropped the suit in April last year after Nelly's team argued that it violated the three year statute of limitations. It's a tight statute of limitations three years. But Nelly and Universal Music Group ugh that that name comes up all the time UMG, we talk about lawsuits. They're always involved in lawsuits. Nelly and UMG quickly went to work seeking sanctions, legal penalties for a frivolous case, and reimbursement for unnecessary fees. Now, a federal judge is ruled that Jones's attorney must pay sixty seven, five hundred and eighty six dollars for more than one hundred and fifty hours of legal work done by Nelly's three lawyers.

3:47 That's an insane amount of money. Wow. Though attorney Precious felder Gates posited that Nelly's demands were excessive, a judge largely rejected those arguments, ruling in October over that it should have been patently obvious that the case was doomed. Initially, Nelly's lawyers asked for seventy eight thousand and seven dollars, which Feldergates argued was unreasonable and that the hours worked were excessive, But the judge ruled that the case required detailed work and that the rates were in fact, quote in line with both the prevailing market rates and the rates charged by attorneys of similar experience unquote.

4:29 So there you go. So maybe something like that will happen to Marin Wade or whatever her name is. The podcast there Who's suing Taylor Swift Right,