News: 50 Cent Suing Old Legal Team For $75 Million

50 Cent is taking his law team to court in a law suit in which he accuses them of not providing adequate service handling his legal case with Sleek Audio. He is asking for $75 million from Garvey Schubert Barer, the legal team who he says messed up his deal. To read the full story, head over to the Business Insider.

The rapper claims the law firm did a terrible job representing him while he was dealing with the legal fallout from a failed venture with a company called Sleek Audio. Inspired by the success of Beats by Dre, 50 Cent began working with Sleek in 2010 to create his own brand of headphones called ‘Sleek by 50.’

Sleek missed its launch deadline and never ended up marketing the headphones, according to 50 Cent’s complaint. The rapper decided to form his own company, SMS Audio, to launch the headphones, and he claims his lawyers at GSB assured him he wouldn’t be infringing on intellectual property rights held by Sleek.

Despite GSB’s alleged assurances, Sleek filed an arbitration proceeding against 50 Cent, claiming he misappropriated its trade secrets while marketing his own headphones. The arbitrator ultimately awarded Sleek more than $11 million plus almost $5 million in attorney fees.

50 accuses the firm’s lawyers of failing to ’employ the requisite knowledge and skill necessary to confront the circumstances of the case.’

The rapper’s complaint added:

Among GSB’s numerous failures was its inexplicable decision not to call technical and damages experts to rebut expert testimony offered by Sleek — failures relied upon by the arbitrator in crediting Sleek’s experts and entering an eight-figure award in Sleek’s favor.