Overview

• U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig in Missouri dismissed the infringement and unjust enrichment claims.
• The June 2021 letter from Nelly’s lawyers rejecting authorship and payment demands triggered the three-year limitations period.
• The unjust enrichment count was held preempted because it duplicated the copyright dispute.
• The court sanctioned plaintiffs’ counsel with a $1,000 penalty and ordered reimbursement of Nelly’s post-complaint legal fees.
• Ali was not personally fined, and the ruling effectively ends his effort to obtain credit or compensation for Country Grammar.