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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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September 20, 2024
Ex-Harvard Football Player Fraudulently Raised $3M, Suit Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges in a new suit that a former Harvard football player swindled more than $3 million from two dozen investors by promising them that their money would be used for sports-related investments when, in reality, it was used for the defendant's personal expenses, such as rent for a multimillion-dollar home.
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September 20, 2024
Court Rejects Jerry Sandusky's Atty Pressure Tactics Theory
A Pennsylvania state appeals court has denied convicted pedophile and former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's latest request for a retrial, rejecting his claims that new evidence showed accusers were pressured by an attorney to sue and that several underwent "repressed memory therapy" in order to recount false memories of abuse.
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September 20, 2024
Meruelo Group CLO Returns To Ballard Spahr As Partner
A longtime Ballard Spahr attorney who spent the past three years as chief legal officer at the Meruelo Group this week began his second stint as a partner at the law firm.
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September 20, 2024
Off The Bench: Favre Flops, Dolan Escapes, Betting Cos. Sued
In this week's Off The Bench, retired quarterback Brett Favre can't revive a defamation suit against fellow NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, New York Knicks owner James Dolan is spared from federal sex-trafficking claims, and two sports-betting giants face new suits over their use of MLB player images.
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September 20, 2024
Caddies Can Keep Their Unpaid Wages Suit On Course
The bag fees caddies received from golfers were tips, not service charges, a New York federal judge ruled, denying a course operator's bid to toss the workers' suit claiming unpaid minimum wage and overtime under federal and state law.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Sports governing bodies
- State attorney general offices
- State gaming regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Sports-related legislation and regulation
- Regulation of sports gambling and fantasy sports
- Stadium zoning and finance issues
- Sports industry lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Bribery and corruption investigations of sports teams or gaming companies
- Criminal investigations into sports betting
- Disciplinary actions and enforcement
- LITIGATION
- Suits involving players, coaches, teams and leagues
- Disputes involving college athletes, including amateurism and discrimination
- Player safety issues
- Trademark disputes
- Right to publicity issues
- Fights over media distribution rights
- Suits over stadium projects
- Cases involving current and former sports figures
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions and franchise expansions
- Team ownership changes, team relocations and efforts to raise capital
- Stadium finance deals
- Stadium naming rights and sponsorship deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of sports law and gaming law practices
Readership
- Sports lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers for sports leagues, teams and gaming companies
- Executives and attorneys at player unions, sports teams, sports consulting firms and gaming companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students and library staff at accredited law schools in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals