Nicki Minaj's longtime lawyer Judd Burstein dropped her "abruptly," leaving her without representation in a $10 million legal battle with a fan, Us Weekly can exclusively report. On November 3, a business management company, The Northstar Group, wrote a letter to the court explaining that Minaj had recently hired them. A rep for The Northstar Group asked the court for additional time for Minaj, 42, to respond to the lawsuit brought by a fan named Tameer Peak.