Russ August & Kabat congratulates partners, Stanton “Larry” Stein, Ashley R. Yeargan, Bennett Bigman, and Irene Y. Lee, on being named to Variety’s Music Legal Elite 2025 list, published on July 30, 2025. The list profiles the attorneys behind the top stars, big deals, and complex cases rocking the biz.“The quartet (Stein, Yeargan, Bigman, and Lee) has scored some big litigation wins in recent months, overturning a $2.5 million Florida jury verdict for negligent security for Drake (Stein and Yeargan) and resolving the estate of Donna Summer’s suit alleging Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign infringed on the copyright of her song “I Feel Love” (Stein and Bigman). In the meantime, Lee won a judgment in favor of Tyga in a legal action seeking to recover $3 million, while managing 5,000 brands and intellectual property portfolios for artists (Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Joan Jett, Cardi B, deadmau5, Mick Fleetwood), labels (TenThousand Projects, Imagendary Studios) and Web 3.0 companies (Pixelynx).”