May 31, 2024
After heated policy debates in statehouses and academic institutions, the discourse over participation of transgender athletes in college and amateur sports has spilled into the nation's courts, with a flurry of recent suits and rulings suggesting the judiciary will have its hands full for years to come.
January 01, 2024
An ever-increasing volume of lawsuits involving the NCAA highlights the list of sports and betting cases to watch in 2024, including battles over athletes' right to compensation for their name, image and likeness and their fight to collectively bargain and be designated as employees. Plus, racial discrimination suits against the NFL, and more. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the new year.
December 15, 2023
A split en banc Second Circuit on Friday revived a challenge to Connecticut's trans-inclusive high school athletics policy, with the majority finding cisgender athletes have standing to pursue civil rights claims, while the dissent criticized the majority for inviting courts "to become arbiters of abstract social wrongs" they have no power to redress.
July 05, 2023
There are plenty of sports and betting legal matters to watch as the second half of 2023 begins, including those revolving around name, image and likeness rights for college athletes and the legal liability of celebrities like Shaquille O'Neal and Tom Brady who endorse cryptocurrency platforms. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the second half of 2023.
June 06, 2023
The full Second Circuit appellate court has taken a challenge to Connecticut's trans-inclusive high school athletics policy under advisement after hearing oral arguments Tuesday about whether cisgender girls have the right to recover damages under Title IX and force the alteration of athletic records to remove the achievements of two trans girls.
June 05, 2023
Courts in Connecticut are working through thorny legal issues involving controversies of national interest and headline-grabbing public figures, and significant decisions in high-dollar civil cases are possible before the end of 2023.
May 19, 2023
A policy allowing high school athletes in Connecticut to compete based on their gender identity violates federal law, and the Second Circuit should protect cisgender females from "the injustice of competing against biological males," Concerned Women for America argued in an amicus brief ahead of oral argument.
May 03, 2023
The city of New York supports allowing high school athletes to compete based on their gender identity, saying that opponents of such policies "overlook the broad real-world consequences of their policy preferences'' and "roll the clock back on equal opportunity for transgender students,'' according to an amicus brief on behalf of the Connecticut athletic association and school districts being sued over their policy in federal court.
April 24, 2023
A pair of transgender women on Monday urged the Second Circuit to affirm a lower court's dismissal of a challenge to a Connecticut high school sports governing body's policy allowing transgender athletes to compete based on their gender identity, slamming the case as "fundamentally flawed."
March 24, 2023
The mothers of four female track and field athletes appealing the dismissal of their suit over a Connecticut high school sports governing body's policy on transgender competitors argued that a previous ruling upholding the suit's dismissal meant that "The injustice that began on the track followed the female athletes to the courtroom."