May 16, 2017
New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone urged the acting U.S. solicitor general on Tuesday to throw his weight behind the state's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case against the National Collegiate Athletic Association and major sports leagues challenging a federal law that blocks most states from authorizing sports betting.
December 21, 2016
Federal and state appeals courts in 2016 delivered a quintet of key rulings in New Jersey's employment, legal malpractice, gaming and health care spaces, bolstering aggrieved workers looking to sue, jury award overrides and continued coverage for firm partners while again shooting down the state’s sports-betting plans. Here’s a look at five notable opinions that helped shape the Garden State’s legal landscape this year.
October 07, 2016
The state of New Jersey asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to review a Third Circuit decision striking down the Garden State's attempts to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, arguing the ruling is an unconstitutional "takeover" of the state's right to pass and repeal its own laws.
August 19, 2016
The idea of legalizing sports betting has been gaining traction in recent years amid shifting attitudes and a widespread underground market, but the Third Circuit struck a blow to that momentum earlier this month by shooting down New Jersey's attempt to allow it. Although some experts have said that other states could take up the issue and force a split in the courts, others now contend change will have to come through Congress.
August 10, 2016
The Third Circuit once again dealt a blow to New Jersey and sports betting proponents when an en banc panel struck down the state's latest attempt to allow such wagering, and experts say the strongly worded decision leaves the Garden State with few options to continue its yearslong crusade to escape federal restrictions.
February 17, 2016
A 12-judge Third Circuit panel heard arguments over New Jersey's efforts to legalize sports betting Wednesday, making it the third time the appeals court has looked at the issue, but questioning showed the case could be far from over as the court indicated it was open to reconsidering the constitutionality of a federal ban.
February 17, 2016
New Jersey urged an en banc panel of the Third Circuit at a hearing Wednesday to overturn an injunction that found the state's repeal of sports betting prohibitions on casinos and racetracks violates federal law, arguing the federal law in question cannot force the state to maintain anti-gambling laws.
February 13, 2016
The sports world will have its eyes on the Third Circuit this Wednesday as an en banc panel is set to hear arguments over New Jersey's second attempt to open up sports betting in the state in a case that could provide some clarity in whether and how states can legalize sports betting without running afoul of federal law.
September 30, 2015
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA urged the Third Circuit on Tuesday not to rehear a case shooting down a New Jersey law that attempted to legalize sports gambling in the state, arguing that two prior decisions on the issue are not contradictory.
September 15, 2015
The Third Circuit on Tuesday directed the NCAA and sports leagues that challenged New Jersey's attempt to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks to respond to the state's petition to rehear a decision against it, in a move that may indicate it is planning to grant the petition.