The Hollywood Reporter has obtained a copy of a lawsuit alleging that Adam Lambert was ineligible for American Idol because Lambert had an operating agreement with recording label Welsford Music Productions when he tried out for the show. If he did, that would be a violation of eligibility rules. On October 6th, representatives for Lambert got Amazon to remove a recording allegedly by him from their sales list. "Beg For Mercy" was released by a subsidiary of Welsford. Lambert claims that it is actually his 2009 album consisting of mostly pre-American Idol material. (The lawsuit contends in part that Lambert wrote and recorded the tracks on Take One while under an agreement with Welsford, which says it paid him $200,000.) (NYmag.com)

Here's the story as reported in New York magazine:

Lambert Lawsuit Revealed

This is old news as far as I know. This came up when he made the top ten and his team and AI were able to demonstrate that the contract had been terminated the day before his first audition.

The media is treating it as new news, since it is all over the internet and the several papers I read each day are giving it big news status.

hmmm, the PR engine at work. Guess what, Adam is releasing a new CD in November. I wonder who is trying to get his name on all of the news just in time . . .