Attorneys who sued “Despacito” artist Daddy Yankee for defamation should have heeded the song’s title and drafted their settlement offer slowly, a federal appellate court ruled.

The Puerto Rican reggaeton star, his record company and manager will not have to pay about $900,000 in attorney fees and costs after losing the Miami case because opposing counsel’s pretrial settlement offer was ambiguous, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Feb. 14 in an unpublished opinion.

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