A judge says it's too soon to rule on whether California's "seven-year rule" means the band should be set free from its record deal with Rancho Humilde.
Moisés López, Khrystian Ramos, Jesús Ortíz Paz, Samuel Jáimez and José Garcia of Fuerza Regida pose in the press room at the American Music Awards on May 25, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The legal battle between Fuerza Regida and its label Rancho Humilde is heating up, with a federal judge ruling he cannot immediately decide one of the core questions of the case.
In a decision Thursday (July 9), Judge Hernán D. Vera refused to dismiss Fuerza’s central claim against Rancho: That the música mexicana band should be freed from its 2018 record deal under California’s seven-year rule, which prohibits “exclusive services contracts” that run any longer than that.
