Companies involved agree to pay the estate $ 1.5 million for copyright violations . `` This settlement seems appropriate for all concerned , '' Howard Mann 's estate says . Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- A bitter legal dispute between Michael Jackson 's estate and a business partner of the late pop icon 's mother was settled Tuesday , just before a trial on the matter was to begin , lawyers said . Jackson estate accused Katherine Jackson 's of `` wholesale misappropriation '' of copyrights . Mann 's company published Howard Mann book `` Never Can Say Goodbye , The Katherine Jackson Story ''
Companies involved agree to pay the estate $ 1.5 million for copyright violations . `` This settlement seems appropriate for all concerned , '' Howard Mann 's estate says . Jackson estate accused Katherine Jackson 's of `` wholesale misappropriation '' of copyrights . Mann 's company published Howard Mann book `` Never Can Say Goodbye , The Katherine Jackson Story ''