On May 25, 2007, songwriters James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar sued Avril Lavigne, Avril LAvigne 's co-songwriter Lukasz Gottwald, Almo Music, and RCA Records, claiming that "Girlfriend" contains lyrics plagiarized from their song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", originally performed by The Rubinoos and released by Beserkley Records in 1978.In January 2008, following a confidential settlement, Dunbar and Gangwer said in a statement that they "are satisfied that any similarities between the two songs resulted from Avril Lavigne and Luke's use of certain common and widely used lyrics". They completely exonerated Avril Lavigne and Luke "from any wrongdoing of any kind in connection with the claims made by us in our lawsuit".
In June 2007, Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom Avril Lavigne co-wrote the majority of her 2nd album, Under My Skin, spoke to Performing Songwriter magazine about Lavigne's songwriting ability and ethics. Kreviazuk claimed that the song "Contagious", which appears on The Best Damn Thing, was based on a track she had sent to Lavigne in 2005.
On July 6, 2007, Avril Lavigne denied both accusations in an open letter on her website, admitting that she had "never heard the [Rubinoos] song in [her] life" and also threatening legal action against Kreviazuk for her allegations, which She considers "damaging" to her reputation and a "clear defamation" of her character.
On July 10, Kreviazuk made a full public apology and retracted the statements made in the aforementioned interview, admitting she had not heard the song in question before making the comments, but rather made the accusation after noticing a song of the same name on the track listing. She said that Lavigne "is an accomplished songwriter and it has been my privilege to work with her". Kreviazuk and Lavigne share the same manager under Nettwerk Management.
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