Let me go way out on a limb here </sarcasm> and predict that after the usual preliminary fencing by the lawyers -- which could take months longer -- this lawsuit will settle on terms that include a payment of generous attorneys' fees to the plaintiffs' lawyers by Warner/Chappell Music.
That's because this is a class-action lawsuit (filed a year ago). The complaint was signed by a lawyer whose Web site announces that he "concentrates his practice in entertainment and consumer litigation" [1]. The other signatory law firm bills itself as "one of the most prominent class action firms in the world." [2]
Last October the judge granted Warner/Chappell Music's motion to stay some of the peripheral aspects of the lawsuit. [3]
That's because this is a class-action lawsuit (filed a year ago). The complaint was signed by a lawyer whose Web site announces that he "concentrates his practice in entertainment and consumer litigation" [1]. The other signatory law firm bills itself as "one of the most prominent class action firms in the world." [2]
Last October the judge granted Warner/Chappell Music's motion to stay some of the peripheral aspects of the lawsuit. [3]
[1] http://www.randallnewman.net/lawsuit-seeks-declaration-that-...
[2] http://www.whafh.com/modules/practice_area/index.php?action=...
[3] http://www.law360.com/articles/481852/warner-wins-stay-of-so...