Interscope has filed a lawsuit against Summer Walker seeking more than $50 million after the singer moved to terminate her recording contract under California’s seven-year statute, which limits the enforceability of personal services contracts in the state. Walker signed her original joint deal with Interscope and Atlanta label/management company LVRN in 2017.
The suit sets up a legal fight over whether Walker can walk away from her label obligations despite the term of her deal, a dispute that echoes previous cases where artists have invoked the same California rule to seek early exits from long-running recording agreements.
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