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A California federal jury on Tuesday found that Supertramp's co-founder did not breach a 1977 agreement to share his songwriting royalties with three former band members, ending a weeklong trial that revealed decades of resentment between the aging rockers who were one of the biggest bands of the late 1970s.
An actress alleging that Erika Girardi's entertainment company helped her husband's now-defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, hide his clients' stolen money, including $744,000 stolen from her, finalized a $6,000 settlement with one of the firm's attorneys on Tuesday when a California judge signed off on the deal.
A California federal judge on Friday denied a request by former Supertramp member Roger Hodgson to play his guitar on the witness stand in a trial over a songwriting royalty dispute with his former bandmates, saying it isn't relevant in a breach of contract case and that the trial "isn't MTV Unplugged."
The manager of The Doors and Jefferson Airplane testified Thursday in a California federal breach of contract trial between former Supertramp members that the songwriting royalty agreement at the center of the case looks like a "smart move" and that songwriters often share royalty proceeds with non-writing band members.