Changing lawyers hasn’t changed fortunes so far for Sirius XM Radio Inc. in its copyright battle with the founders of the 60s rock group The Turtles. On May 27 a Los Angeles federal judge held that owners of recordings made before 1972 can sue Sirius XM as a class for broadcasting the songs without paying royalties or obtaining permission.
Last November, after a string of losses in the California case and related actions in New York and Florida, Sirius XM replaced its legal team with a squad of lawyers from O’Melveny & Myers, led by Daniel Petrocelli. The company had previously been represented by Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton; and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
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