A judge signaled competing expert opinions should be left to a jury over claims the 2019 hit copied the hook, chorus, and ...

A federal judge said Friday he was leaning toward denying a summary judgment bid and sending the copyright battle over the ...

A judge dismissed the suit Wednesday, finding the 2019 hit is "not substantially similar" to an earlier song of the same name. By Colin Stutz Sam Smith and Normani have prevailed in a copyright ...

The decision says that such cases should typically be decided by juries rather than judges - a troubling message for musical artists facing frequent song-theft lawsuits. By Bill Donahue A federal ...

On April 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived the copyright infringement case filed by Sound and Color, LLC against Sam Smith, Normani, and related parties (collectively, “Defendants”) ...

Law360 (September 8, 2023, 7:03 PM EDT) -- Pop singers Sam Smith and Normani, along with record labels Sony and Universal Music, have prevailed against a copyright infringement lawsuit as a California ...

Superstar duo Sam Smith and Normani won a copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name. A California federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani that claimed their ...

A copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani over their hit “Dancing With a Stranger” has been revived by a federal appeals court. A federal appeals court has revived a copyright ...