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2026
Interscope/Universal Music Group files $50 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Summer Walker
Universal Music Group, parent of Interscope Records, filed a $50 million breach-of-contract lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against R&B singer Summer Walker after she invoked California's seven-year rule to exit her 2017 recording deal. Interscope claims she still owes two studio albums and an EP under the five-album agreement, while Walker's legal team says she has fulfilled her contractual timeline, plans to countersue, and remains open to an amicable settlement.
2022
Interscope Records sued over use of a song sample
Caribbean artist and producer Anastas Hackett reportedly filed a New York lawsuit against Interscope Records and Shenseea over their use of parts of the soca song “Work” in “Lick.” Hackett is seeking damages, profits, attorney costs, and removal of the song from the public domain.