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  • October 01, 2025

    Ex-Texans CEO Seeks $100M, Says NFL Colluded To Oust Him

    The eldest son of the late Houston Texans owner Bob McNair is accusing the NFL in a $100 million New York state lawsuit of conspiring with his brother to "silence" and oust him as a board member of the family trust and as CEO of McNair Interests.

  • October 01, 2025

    NASCAR Exec Says Team Was Warned About LGB Sponsors

    A NASCAR executive told jurors on Wednesday that driver Brandon Brown's team had previously been warned the league would not sign off on any on-track promotion of the "Let's Go Brandon" phrase, but pursued approval of an LGBCoin sponsorship anyway in a manner the executive said was "disingenuous."

  • October 01, 2025

    Chubb Can't Yet Arbitrate La. Casino Owner's COVID Losses

    A Louisiana federal court has temporarily barred a Bermuda-based Chubb unit from pursuing arbitration proceedings in England in a dispute with a hospitality and entertainment company over coverage for pandemic-related losses at its U.S. properties.

  • October 01, 2025

    6th Circ. Axes NCAA Appeal After Waiver Keeps QB Playing

    The NCAA's appeal of the injunction that allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play football this season was dismissed Wednesday by a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel that raised several ongoing antitrust concerns about college sports.

  • October 01, 2025

    Gambling Machine Patent Owner Can't Get New Trial

    The owner of a gambling machine patent that a jury ruled was not infringed has lost its bid for a new trial, after a Nevada federal judge rejected the argument that the accused infringer made a "highly prejudicial and inflammatory" damages request on its unsuccessful defamation counterclaim.

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