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    (Legal) Career Killers: Spandau Ballet and Songwriting Royalties

    by Victor Li November 14, 2025
    November 14, 2025

    Spandau Ballet was supposed to be the exception to the rule that money breaks up bands. Then three band members sued for songwriting royalties…

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    Career Killers: “Mardi Gras” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    by Victor Li March 7, 2025
    March 7, 2025

    What do John Fogerty and Kobe Bryant have in common?

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    (Legal) Career Killers: The Lawsuit That (Officially) Broke Up The Beatles

    by Victor Li May 3, 2024
    May 3, 2024

    Did Yoko, personal tensions or the loss of their manager break up the Beatles? Or was it the lawyers? (It’s usually the lawyers.)

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    (Legal) Career Killers: Irene Cara Wins Her Lawsuit But Loses Her Career.

    by Victor Li April 19, 2024
    April 19, 2024

    Oftentimes, legal battles in the music industry are strictly business and not personal.

    For Irene Cara, however, it certainly felt pretty personal.

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    (Legal) Career Killers: Hall & Oates and an Injunction

    by Victor Li March 8, 2024
    March 8, 2024

    How a mysterious lawsuit exposed long-running fault lines between Hall & Oates.

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    (Legal) Career Killers: Badfinger and Bad Management.

    by Victor Li October 9, 2023
    October 9, 2023

    Badfinger were supposed to be the next Beatles. Instead, they paid a tragic price for having bad, unscrupulous management.

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    Coins in Court: Recent Trials Involving Numismatics or Bullion

    by Victor Li September 27, 2023
    September 27, 2023

    The Senator Robert Menendez case won’t be the first time in recent memory where numismatics or bullion played an important role.

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    (Legal) Career Killers: Violent Femmes and Wendy’s.

    by Victor Li July 21, 2023
    July 21, 2023

    How a 2007 Wendy’s ad and subsequent lawsuit broke up Violent Femmes.

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    (Legal) Career Killers: Michael Jackson v. Sony and the People of the State of California.

    by Victor Li June 30, 2023
    June 30, 2023

    How a chain-reaction of events in the early 2000s led to Michael Jackson’s downfall.

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  • Career KillersLawMusic

    (Legal) Career Killers: George Michael v. Sony

    by Victor Li February 3, 2023
    February 3, 2023

    George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.

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    (Legal) Career Killers: A Lawsuit Against Geffen Records Brings Don Henley’s Solo Career to a Halt.

    by Victor Li January 7, 2023
    January 7, 2023

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?

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    (Legal) Career Killers: “Alone Again” by Biz Markie

    by Victor Li November 18, 2022
    November 18, 2022

    Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.

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    Not-So-Wonderful Tonight: A Review of Eric Clapton’s COVID Singles

    by Victor Li December 24, 2021
    December 24, 2021

    Eric Clapton’s re-invention as a COVID-skeptic and anti-vaxxer has spilled into his music.

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    Career Killers: “Paula” by Robin Thicke

    by Victor Li November 13, 2020
    November 13, 2020

    How Robin Thicke’s 2014 album about one Paula (Patton) had the effect of turning him into another Paula (Abdul).

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    Career Killers: “The Final Cut” by Pink Floyd (Updated)

    by Victor Li January 3, 2020
    January 3, 2020

    Who would have thought a concept album inspired by the Falkland Islands War would end the most successful incarnation of Pink Floyd?

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