Monthly Archives: February 2015

Court revives copyright lawsuit against singer Frankie Valli

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a copyright lawsuit against Frankie Valli and fellow “Four Seasons” band member Robert Gaudio over “Jersey Boys,” the popular musical about the band. Donna Corbello sued Valli and Gaudio in 2011 for copyright infringement, claiming the musical was based in part on an unpublished autobiography of “Four Seasons”… Read more »

NYPD officer due in court in stairwell shooting

Criminal charges will be unsealed against a rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn housing complex, accidentally killing a man who had been waiting for an elevator. A lawyer says Officer Peter Liang was indicted by a grand jury in the November shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley. It wasn’t… Read more »