Singer-actress-celebrity Beyoncé and her father-manager Mathew Knowles have parted ways — at least in their choice of lawyers — in defending a copyright case set for trial in Chicago next month. Over the past month, Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child Inc., the company named after her famous trio and run by her father, have tapped new and separate counsel.
The case arose over the song “Cater 2 U,” which Beyoncé recorded as part of Destiny’s Child and released in 2004 in conjunction with the group’s reunion album. Chicago resident Rickey Allen claims he wrote the song in 1992 and registered it with the U.S. Copyright Office in 1994 before it made its way through intermediaries to the singers.
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