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Rapper 50 Cent is suing his former lawyers for $75 million, accusing them of malpractice and not adequately representing him in business matters, including an intellectual property case involving his line of headphones.
Curtis James Jackson III, whose stage name is 50 Cent, filed a lawsuit in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut against Garvey Schubert Barer, a law firm with offices in New York. Jackson, a Connecticut resident, is a Grammy-award winning rap music artist, investor and entrepreneur. He filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code in July of this year. He owns a mansion in Farmington, CT, which is currently for sale.
Attorney James Berman of Zeisler & Zeisler in Bridgeport, is the Connecticut-based attorney representing Jackson in the October malpractice complaint. Craig Weiner, a partner with Robins Kaplan in New York and special counsel to Jackson, said via an e-mailed statement: “As detailed in the pleadings filed there appears to be significant professional liability on the part of Mr. Jackson's former counsel. As special counsel, we intend to dedicate the full resources of our firm to unrelentingly pursue Mr. Jackson's rights to the fullest extent possible.”
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