Sony Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut lawyer who said record company executives retaliated against him for winning higher pay for gospel music artists.
Stamford-based attorney James Walker Jr., sued Sony in federal court in Bridgeport in 2005. He claimed executives pressured some of gospel music’s biggest stars, including Grammy winners Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence and Twinkie Clark, into dropping Walker as their agent in an effort to reduce costs and retain control over the industry.
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