Lizzo’s Copyright Victory in Truth Hurts: Joint Authorship and Follow-on Works in the Music Industry in India

Image from here Lizzo, like many other pop stars, has been embroiled in multiple copyright disputes. Recently, she won a case she filed against songwriters Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen, and Justin “Yves” Rothman. They had claimed that the superhit song ‘Truth Hurts’ was derived from ‘Healthy’, which they wrote with Lizzo, making them co-owners of

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Claxit Chaos Super FAQ Liveblog: Parsing the ever-evolving NLAT format & asking some questions NLS won’t / can’t answer [UPDATE: Simulation • Timings announced]

Welcome to the Legally India NLS-NLAT FAQ of FAQs To some extent, NLSIU Bangalore can’t be faulted for the lack of quantity in its communication about the last-minute announcement of the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT), with its frequently asked questions (FAQ) page having seen an average of half a dozen or more updates per

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What is Res Judicata?

Sec 11 of  Code of  Civil Procedure states that- [i]“ No  court shall try any suit or issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially in issue in a former suit between the same parties or between the parties under whom they or any of them claim, litigating

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