October 18, 2025
The court docket’s ruling ends a dispute that after threatened to value Carter as much as $20 million.
Lil Wayne, born D’Wayne Micheal Carter Jr., has emerged victorious in a years-long court docket battle towards his former lawyer, Ron Sweeney.
A choose dominated {that a} contested 10 % charge settlement is unenforceable. The ruling ends a dispute that after threatened to value Carter as much as $20 million.
On Oct. 13 Decide James D’Auguste dominated that the verbal contingency charge settlement is void.
In his resolution Decide D’Auguste famous, “counterclaim plaintiffs could not, below [the law], obtain a contingency charge, as contemplated by the voided oral contingency charge association or in any other case.”
The ruling additionally barred Sweeney from investigating Carter’s post-termination funds. Nonetheless, Sweeney should pursue what the choose described as “cheap charges” for prior authorized providers.
Wayne’s legal professional, Jonathan Davis, applauded the choice in a press release to Billboard.
“After an virtually seven-year battle in a number of courts in New York and California, legal professionals can relaxation a little bit simpler in figuring out that the rule of regulation nonetheless issues and can be utilized faithfully by court docket,” Davis stated.
The litigation, spanning seven years throughout New York and California courts, centered on Wayne’s declare that his 2018 termination of Sweeney made the legal professional’s contingency charge deal invalid. Carter’s staff described the ten % charge as “exorbitant.” Moreover, he claimed the charge was greater than “double the customary charge for attorneys within the music trade,” Billboard reported.
Sweeney counter-sued, in search of hundreds of thousands in unpaid charges tied to post-termination offers. The counter swimsuit included a settlement with Money Cash Data and rights gross sales involving Common Music Group.
With the authorized cloud now cleared, Lil Wayne can deal with his musical ventures and enterprise pursuits with out the distraction of pending multi-million-dollar legal responsibility.
The rapper is free to indulge in his success as he’s being honored for his contribution to the music trade over 20-years. November 2024, the A Milli rapper was inducted into the inaugural class of the newly established NOLA Stroll of Fame. The previous Sizzling Boy obtained a customized fleur-de-lis plaque on Canal Avenue in recognition of his outsized cultural influence and roots in New Orleans.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell introduced the distinction in tandem with Wayne being awarded the important thing to town and the declaration of “Lil Wayne Day” throughout his personal LilWeezyAna Fest earlier that month.
RELATED CONTENT: Lil Wayne Allegedly Kicked Girlfriend and Her Daughter Out Of His Home—On Mothe’;s Day
