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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 7, 2010

Rapper Royalty Verdict Reversed

A dispute between two major record labels involving royalties from the online sale of rapper Eminem's songs is set to head back to Los Angeles federal court after an appellate panel reversed a jury verdict.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A contract dispute between two major record labels involving royalties from the online sale of rapper Eminem's songs is set to head back to Los Angeles federal court after an appellate panel reversed a jury verdict that awarded $2.4 million in attorney fees to the defendants more than a year ago.

In Friday's published opinion, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took iss...

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