formerly known as Lady Antebellum filed a lawsuit in Nashville against Anita «Lady A» White, who has allegedly attempted «to enforce purported trademark rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade.»The band, comprising Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and David Haywood, changed their name to Lady A on June 11, after reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement and the ties the word «antebellum» had to America's history of racism and slavery.
White, a blues singer, has been performing under the name Lady A for over 20 years. The group reached out to White last month, and according to the lawsuit, they had productive conversations about both continuing to use the name until White's new counsel allegedly «delivered a draft.
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