Summer Walker Countersued by LVRN for Commissions and Royalties: ‘Stubbornly Litigious’

The label/management firm says Walker has breached their contract. Her lawyer told Billboard the new claims are “disappointing.” Summer Walker at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala at Pacific Design Center on November 9, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. Michael Buckner/Variety Summer Walker’s longtime label/management firm LVRN is countersuing the singer over unpaid commissions and royalties. The R&B singer sued LVRN in August, accusing the Atlanta-based indie music company of skimming money from her music, touring and merch. LVRN denies those claims and, in a new court filing, says Walker is actually the one who breached their 2017 contract by refusing to share key cuts of her earnings.   Related “Walker has acted in bad faith and been stubbornly litigious,” write LVRN’s lawyers in a Monday (Nov. 9) countersuit, obtained by Billboard. LVRN alleges that Walker hasn’t delivered on several percentage cuts set forth in her contract, including a 7% commission from her Still Finally Over It arena tour this year, a 20% share of her public performance royalties and a 15% management commission on gross ancillary income. The legal documents do not specify which business deals are missing that 15% commission to LVRN. But they list more than two dozen “lucrative”
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