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Love And Jardine Settle Case

Mike Love and Al Jardine have settled the latest Beach Boys lawsuit.

Mike Love and his former Beach Boys bandmate, Al Jardine, settled litigation related to their past feud over use of the band's name, an attorney in the case confirmed today.

The case centered in large part around Love's request for about $2.2 million in attorneys' fees spent in previous litigation against Jardine in federal court.

DiMare said the terms of the settlement are confidential, but that both Love and Jardine were pleased with the outcome.

"Mr. Love and Mr. Jardine are looking forward to bringing more Beach Boys music around the world as the group approaches its 50th anniversary," DiMare said.

Other attorneys in the case were not immediately available for comment.

While the lawyers were in chambers with Williams the first day, Jardine and Wilson sat in the audience and chatted, occasionally singing lines from "Help Me Rhonda" -- for which Jardine was the lead singer -- and "Tom Dooley," the Civil War-era folk song made famous in a version by The Kingston Trio.