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• June 19, 2018

  Sports Bet Legalization May Not Get Esports To Next Level

  While the U.S. Supreme Court's sports betting decision appears to clear the field for esports betting in the United States, serious legal obstacles remain before we see any immediate expansion of esports betting. The industry will face intense regulatory scrutiny, say James Havel and Eric Schroeder of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

• June 19, 2018

  How Will Weinstein Co. Bankruptcy Impact Accusers?

  Due to the idiosyncrasies of American bankruptcy law, The Weinstein Company's recent bankruptcy filing could cause many of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers to receive pennies on the dollar relative to what they are owed under state and federal laws prohibiting workplace sexual harassment, say Matthew LaGarde and Jessica Westerman of Katz Marshall & Banks LLP.

• June 18, 2018

  DOJ Says Ex-CIA Worker Stole, Leaked Classified Docs

  The government on Monday accused a former CIA employee of leaking classified national defense information to an outside organization that reports show was WikiLeaks, which had touted the leak as the largest-ever publication of confidential CIA documents.

• June 18, 2018

  National Amusements Urges Stay In CBS Shareholder Suit

  National Amusements Inc. and its controller Shari Redstone pushed their case Monday for a stay of litigation in a lawsuit brought by shareholders of CBS Corp. in the Delaware Chancery Court in favor of a parallel proceeding that will resolve issues over a special stock dividend approved by the CBS board aimed at diluting her control.

• June 18, 2018

  Beats Designer Calls $107M Royalties Bid 'Dishonest'

  A designer who worked on the headphones at the heart of a $107 million royalty dispute between a businessman and Beats Electronics founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre told a California jury Monday that he declined to join the suit because he thought going after more royalties would be “dishonest.”

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