Progress has been made for Drake in his defamation lawsuit towards Common Music Group. Information of Drake being allowed to request Kendrick Lamar‘s contract and different paperwork within the “Not Like Us” lawsuit have surfaced. This comes after a choose denied Common’s request to remain within the discovery course of whereas permitting Drake to proceed with the method of requesting extra contract info from the label.
The pre-trial convention earlier at this time noticed Decide Jeanette Vargas rule in favor of Drake’s authorized crew. They will now start deposing executives and requesting paperwork. UMG requested the choose final month to remain all discovery within the case which included the demand for “all contracts” between UMG and Kendrick Lamar, in addition to compensation, incentives and extra for Interscope CEO John Janick and different executives.
Drake’s lead lawyer Michael Gottlieb mentioned in an announcement to Selection relating to these requests, “Now it’s time to see what UMG was so desperately making an attempt to cover.” Simply final month, UMG entered a letter to remain discovery, claiming that Drake’s first set of uncover requests induced “undue burden” and “require pricey assortment and overview of huge swaths of hard-copy and digital information units, contracts and agreements, and communications.” UMG has but to answer the current replace within the case that permits Drake’s crew to request contract info of Kendrick Lamar.
