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Article: Virgin/EMI Wrongfully Attempted to Poach Hawthorne Heights From Victory Records, Lawsuit Claims.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin/EMI improperly induced platinum-selling band Hawthorne Heights to repudiate its contract with top independent label Victory Records, according to a lawsuit filed by the independent company in federal court Monday.

Virgin/EMI went so far as to pay $55,000, which the band used to fund the initial phase of a 2006 lawsuit against Chicago-based Victory, and also assisted Hawthorne Heights in its search for a music-industry litigator, the lawsuit states.

"The facts alleged in this case demonstrate classic interference with ...

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