Musician Don Henley leaves a New York courthouse on Wednesday. The Eagles co-founder testified against three collectibles dealers he claims unlawfully sold Hotel California lyric notepads. (Seth Wenig ...

Seated in a New York courtroom witness box, Don Henley opened a large brown envelope Tuesday and paged through the aging yellow sheets of a legal pad. "Well, it's got two song titles written on the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California on Friday became the first state in the country to limit prosecutors use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. Assembly Bill 2799 requires a pre-trial hearing to ...

Don Henley was asked in a New York courtroom Monday about a seamy episode from his past: his 1980 arrest after authorities said they found drugs and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose ...

The trial over the alleged stolen handwritten drafts of Eagles hits like "Hotel California" has come to an abrupt end. Prosecutors have dropped their criminal case mid-trial, according to The ...

NEW YORK — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert ...

The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act restricts the use of rap lyrics during criminal trials in the state Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at ...

"California," the debut single from Big & Rich's Did It for the Party album, was written by John Rich, along with two of his favorite co-writers, Vicky McGehee and Rodney Clawson. The tune, a twist on ...

Don Henley is expected to be called as a witness in the trial Handwritten pages inscribed with the first known iterations of legendary rock song Hotel California will take centre stage at a criminal ...

NEW YORK — From the start, the case was highly unusual: a criminal prosecution centered on the disputed ownership of a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. Its end ...

The first time Erik Nielson testified in the trial of an aspiring rapper, it was nearly a decade ago in Ventura County. An Ojai Valley teen named Alex Medina had been charged with first-degree murder ...