Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 3, 2020
Soul musician loses class certification bid against Warner Music Group
A federal judge rejected a bid for class certification by 1970s soul musician Leonard Williams on Monday, finding the peculiars of his contract dispute would make it too specific to be representative.




A federal judge rejected a bid for class certification by 1970s soul musician Leonard Williams on Monday, finding the peculiars of his contract dispute would make it too specific to be representative.
Williams, the lead singer for the hit-making R&B group Tower of Power, accused Warner Music Group Corp. of not paying the full royalties owed to its artists for sound recordings played on digital streaming services in foreign cou...
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