Allman Brothers Battling Universal in Royalty Lawsuit

Filed under: NewsLook for the Allman Brothers Band to duke it out in court next year with Universal Music Group to finally settle a dispute over unpaid royalties. According to the Wall Street Journal, a federal district judge ordered both parties to start gathering evidence for a jury trial planned for early 2010. The new development follows an August 2008 lawsuit that current and former members of the group -- Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe Johnson and Dickey Betts -- filed after the label ...

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