July 09, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday declined to revisit its recent decision scrapping an injunction that had let two race teams, including one co-owned by NBA great Michael Jordan, keep their charter status while pursuing antitrust claims against NASCAR.
July 02, 2025
The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.
June 27, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.
June 26, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge will allow NASCAR to subpoena the financial records of 12 chartered racing teams to defend itself in a lawsuit that accuses the organization of antitrust violations, but left safeguards in place.
June 23, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge Monday rejected a motion to dismiss counterclaims lodged by NASCAR in a lawsuit brought by two racing teams that are accusing the organization of antitrust violations, finding the matter would be best addressed at the summary judgment stage.
June 20, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the Lakers fetch a $10 billion valuation as a new owner takes control of the franchise, a federal judge urges litigants in the NASCAR antitrust brawl to settle, and appeals pile up against the NCAA's landmark $2.78 billion athlete compensation settlement.
June 17, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday joined a chorus of jurists urging NASCAR and two of its teams to seek a resolution of their competing antitrust claims outside court, cautioning that neither side will emerge victorious if the case makes it to trial in December.
May 07, 2025
Michael Jordan's stock car racing team has dropped its lawsuit seeking financial records from the owners of Formula One, according to a filing in Colorado federal court.
April 18, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the Trump administration takes aim at Maine's policy on transgender athletes, the NCAA's settlement with athletes stands firm on a contentious clause, and a university that displayed a controversial quiz question at a football game settles with the quiz's creator.
April 17, 2025
NASCAR urged a North Carolina federal judge not to let a racing team dodge its allegation in a counterclaim that the team conspired with other teams to harm the stock car racing league's business by forming an anti-competitive cartel during contract negotiations, asserting the team's dismissal bid "attacks a straw man."