Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC v. West
- Analisa Torres
- 1:22-cv-05560
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Ultra International Music Publishing v. West, Judge Torres granted a request to file a service certificate under seal, set deadlines, and terminated the motion.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Kanye West; and the other defendants, who were given deadlines to address representation, respond to the complaint, and submit a revised case-management plan.
What happened
Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC sued Kanye West and other defendants. Former counsel for West asked to file a certificate showing service on him under seal and privately for the court’s review.
The court granted that request and excused former counsel from serving the certificate on the other parties or their lawyers. The court ordered West to say by February 20, 2023, whether he had hired a new lawyer or would proceed without one, and ordered the defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint and submit a revised case-management plan by March 1, 2023.
Judge Analisa Torres also directed the clerk to terminate the motion. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC v. West · No. 1:22-cv-05560
- Analisa Torres
- Feb. 7, 2023
Background
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, identified in the order as former counsel for Kanye West individually and doing business as “Yeezy Tech,” asked the court to file under seal and in camera—that is, privately for the court’s review—a certificate of service showing where West was personally served and identifying the person who served him. The firm also asked to be excused from serving that certificate on the other parties or their lawyers.
Court’s Orders
The court granted Greenberg Traurig’s request to file the certificate under seal and in camera. The court also excused the firm from serving the certificate on the other parties or their lawyers.
The court ordered West to inform it by February 20, 2023, whether he had retained new counsel or would proceed without a lawyer, as described in an earlier order. By March 1, 2023, the defendants had to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint and submit a revised case-management plan. The clerk was directed to terminate the motion listed at ECF No. 81.
Effect of the Order
This was a procedural order about filing confidentiality, representation, and case scheduling. It did not decide the merits of Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC’s claims or the defendants’ defenses.
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