Crossfit, Inc. v. National Strength and Conditioning Association

  1. December 05, 2019

    CrossFit Wins $4M Sanctions In False Ad Suit Against Rival

    A California federal judge has given CrossFit Inc. a win in a false ad suit against its rival the National Strength and Conditioning Association and levied $4 million in sanctions against the NSCA for putting CrossFit and the court through "four years of obfuscation and, perhaps, perjury" by failing to comply with discovery orders.

  2. August 02, 2019

    CrossFit Rival Disputes Call For Sanctions In False Ad Suit

    The National Strength and Conditioning Association slammed a bid by CrossFit to get an instant win in a false advertising suit, saying CrossFit's assertion that the NSCA destroyed or hid documents is not supported by the facts.

  3. June 21, 2019

    CrossFit Urges More Sanctions Against Rival In False Ad Suit

    CrossFit Inc. has pressed a California federal court to issue it an automatic win plus more than $3.4 million in new sanctions against rival the National Strength and Conditioning Association in a false advertising suit, saying a forensic evaluation revealed "misconduct of unprecedented proportions."

  4. August 22, 2018

    Rival Wants Special Master In CrossFit's False Ad Suit

    The National Strength and Conditioning Association has asked for a special master to oversee several discovery disputes in a bitter false advertising suit brought by CrossFit Inc., telling a California federal court that its opponent "has an incentive" to make a court-ordered forensic analysis "as expensive as possible."

  5. October 19, 2017

    Exercise Org. Can't Ditch Sanctions In CrossFit Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday refused to rethink sanctions issued against the National Strength and Conditioning Association in a false advertising suit filed by CrossFit Inc., ruling that the NSCA cannot bring up new challenges to the sanctions in its "nitpicking" motion.

  6. June 26, 2017

    Exercise Org. Urges Judge To Trim Sanctions In CrossFit Suit

    The National Strength and Conditioning Association asked a California federal judge on Friday to rethink sanctions issued against it in a false advertising suit filed by CrossFit Inc., saying there's no evidence that the organization intentionally withheld documents.

  7. May 30, 2017

    Exercise Org Punished For Concealing Docs In CrossFit Suit

    A California federal judge penalized the National Strength and Conditioning Association on Friday in a false advertising lawsuit brought by CrossFit Inc., saying the organization must pay for hiding information detailing the NSCA's competition with the up-and-coming exercise brand.

  8. February 03, 2017

    CrossFit Seeks Sanctions For Hidden Docs In False Ad Row

    CrossFit Inc. asked a California federal judge on Thursday to sanction the National Strength and Conditioning Association, saying the nonprofit produced hundreds of documents in a related state court case that it intentionally withheld from the federal false advertising lawsuit over its publication of erroneous injury data about the CrossFit exercise program.

  9. September 21, 2016

    CrossFit Gets Rival's Injury Data Declared False In Ad Row

    A National Strength and Conditioning Association article criticizing the CrossFit exercise program contained false data on injuries among CrossFit practitioners, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday in a false advertising lawsuit against the nonprofit.

  10. May 26, 2016

    Exercise Org Says CrossFit Can't Fault Them For Study

    The non-profit National Strength and Conditioning Association urged a California federal court Wednesday to dismiss a suit by exercise program CrossFit claiming it published a critical article to steal business, saying the data it published on CrossFit injuries was noncommercial speech protected by the First Amendment.