The RICK JAMES case involves a claim by the late musician's trust against UMG Recordings, Inc., the world's largest recorded music company, over that company's accounting to royalty participants (artists, producers and others) for income it receives from internet music providers for digital downloads of recorded music. The case was brought on behalf of Rick's trust and as a class action on behalf of all those others similarly situated to the trust who, the trust contends, are entitled to a much higher royalty on that digital download income than UMG has paid them. The firm filed the complaint in the case on April 1, 2011, in the federal district court in San Francisco. For a copy of the complaint in the case, click here. For an early press report on the case, click here. For a list of links to more recent press reports about this and a later-filed case for Rob Zombie and others, click here. For updates on the case posted to the firm's In the News page, click here.

If you are an artist, producer or other royalty participant who may have a claim of this kind and wish to learn more about the Rick James case and your rights, please contact Kara Wolke at the firm's Los Angeles office (310-832-0900).

If you are a journalist or other press representative seeking comment on the case, please contact Jeff Jampol at Jampol Artist Management in Los Angeles (310-274-8471).