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Article: Rock News: Music's high and low notes.
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- March 1, 2001
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Mar 01, 2001
COURTNEY LOVE
Courtney Love is counter-suing Universal Music Group (UMG) Recordings, charging the record label violated California labor law, which allows the termination of contracts between creative artists and entertainment companies after seven years.
Barry Cappello, lawyer for the Hole lead singer, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It comes in response to the lawsuit UMG filed against Love when she tried to end her contract with the label.
According to the countersuit, one of the reasons Love canceled her contract with UMG Recordings was that Universal closed Geffen Records, which originally ...