The ruling by Judge Louis Stanton granting BMI the right to collect 2.5% of Pandora's revenue (which will be appealed by Pandora) was handed down earlier this month. Yesterday a redacted version of the decision was unsealed (READ IT HERE). The case, which was argued on BMI's behalf by the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, amounts to a 43% increase from what Pandora was previously paying at 1.75%. Milbank's trial team was led by the firm's chairman, Scott Edelman, and the trial lasted five weeks.
