If it weren’t for Akerman’s legal acumen, a young rap artist named Logic might still be a YouTube star instead of a real one with a top four debut album on the Billboard 200 and a second one coming out this month.

“It was a pretty serious situation in that we had a young rap artist who had a disc jockey trying to get an injunction so that his album would never be released,” said West Palm Beach attorney Mark D. Passler, co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property practice group. “He didn’t know if his career would get started.”

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]