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March 15, 2024
Disney Star Takes Zee To Arbitration Over Sports-Airing Pact
The Walt Disney Co.-owned Star India has begun proceedings in the London Court of International Arbitration against broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises for failing to meet terms of an agreement related to the airing of certain cricket matches, Zee disclosed Friday.
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March 15, 2024
Detroit Tigers Can't Shut Out Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
A Michigan federal judge said Friday a jury should hear a 58-year-old former Detroit Tigers clubhouse manager's claims that he was fired because of his age, pointing to a record that could show his boss had a pattern of replacing older workers with younger ones.
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March 15, 2024
Former Trail Blazers GC Joins Schwabe Williamson In Portland
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC has hired the former general counsel for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, who is slated to help lead a newly created practice subgroup focused on sports and entertainment clients, the firm announced Wednesday.
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March 15, 2024
NCAA Trans Policies Attacked By Female Student-Athletes
A group of female college athletes have attacked the National Collegiate Athletic Association's transgender policies, alleging that the group violated their civil rights to retain its control over monetized college sports, according to a proposed class action filed in Georgia federal court.
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March 15, 2024
Jury Hands Colo. Sportscaster Air Ball In Kroenke Bias Suit
A Colorado federal jury has rejected a Hispanic sportscaster's claims of discrimination against pro sports empire Kroenke Sports & Entertainment in a suit alleging his former employers farmed out his duties to white coworkers and demoted him due to his race, age and substance-use disability.
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March 15, 2024
Off The Bench: QB 'Extortion,' Bears Bias Suit, Trans Athletes
In this week's Off The Bench, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott claims a woman wants him to buy her silence about an alleged sexual assault, a man says the Chicago Bears denied him a job because he is white, and an inclusive roller derby team fights a county order denying facilities access to transgender girls and women.
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March 14, 2024
US Urges High Court To Deny Petition In Soccer Antitrust Row
The U.S. solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that it should deny the U.S. Soccer Federation's efforts to stave off an antitrust lawsuit, saying the plaintiff correctly showed that the American organization worked with the international governing body to restrict certain events.
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March 14, 2024
DraftKings' Employment Feud With Former VP Heats Up
The battle between DraftKings and one of its former vice presidents intensified in Massachusetts federal court Thursday, with the online sportsbook sharpening its allegations of corporate espionage and the erstwhile executive calling to wipe out the suit entirely.
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March 14, 2024
DraftKings Gets PTAB To Ax Claims In 5 Gaming Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found a host of claims across numerous peer-to-peer gaming patents weren't valid, handing a win to challenger DraftKings Inc. as part of a larger intellectual property fight.
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March 14, 2024
NLRB Certifies Dartmouth Men's Basketball Player Union
Dartmouth College must bargain with its men's basketball team after the National Labor Relations Board certified the players' recent landmark vote to unionize with the Service Employees International Union on Thursday, but a legal challenge looms.
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March 14, 2024
NFL Had Ample Cause To Deny Disability Benefits, Court Says
A Texas federal judge has tossed a former NFL player's suit against the league for denying him permanent disability benefits, following the recommendation from a magistrate judge who determined that, although injuries ultimately ended his football career, eight different doctors had said he was capable of working.
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March 14, 2024
University Must Face Softball Coach's Pay Bias Claims
A Hawaii federal judge wouldn't entirely toss a female university softball coach's wage inequality suit against the school, ruling the two male coaches she referenced as being paid more for the same job cast doubt on the university's claim she was paid fairly.
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March 14, 2024
NBA Ref Fired Over COVID Vax Refusal Can Get Benefits
A Manhattan federal court ruled that an NBA referee who was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons can get his retirement benefits, rejecting the league's contention that the prospect of his reemployment made him ineligible.
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March 14, 2024
Ore. Skateboard Church Denied Tax Break Over Late Purchase
A tax-exempt Oregon church serving Portland skateboarders is not entitled to a property tax exemption because it did not own its property before the statutory deadline for commencing its charitable activities, the Oregon Tax Court has decided.
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March 14, 2024
Financier Denies Misusing Proceeds In Mike Ashley Dispute
Financier Amanda Staveley has denied misusing a £10 million ($12.8 million) loan provided by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley to pay a consultant, saying it was a legitimate brokerage payment to secure the takeover of the English football club.
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March 13, 2024
Cowboys Owner Defeats Alleged Daughter In Defamation Suit
The remaining portion of the defamation case filed against Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones last year by a woman claiming to be his daughter was tossed Wednesday by a Texas federal judge, who sided with Jones' claim that references to the woman's actions as a "shakedown attempt" did not constitute malice or reckless disregard for the truth.
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March 13, 2024
Peloton Beats Wiretapping Suit Over Chat Feature, For Now
Peloton defeated, for now, a proposed privacy class action alleging it uses third-party software to eavesdrop on its website users' communications via its chat function after a California federal judge found the plaintiff doesn't assert that any chat contents were intercepted or that personal, sensitive information was shared.
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March 13, 2024
Workers Say Dick's Hid Existence Of Sales Commissions
Dick's Sporting Goods withheld sales commissions and breached contractual obligations to inform sales workers of their eligibility for commissions, a group of workers alleged in a proposed class action filed in Wisconsin federal court.
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March 13, 2024
Ex-NFLer Faced Racism As School Superintendent, Suit Says
A former NFL player was subjected to racism as the first Black superintendent of schools in Wayland, Massachusetts, and was forced out of his job when he took steps to address it, according to a suit filed Wednesday in state court.
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March 13, 2024
3 Mo. Men Face Gun Charges Over Super Bowl Parade Shooting
Prosecutors unveiled federal firearms charges against three men Wednesday following an investigation into the mass shooting that occurred during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade and celebration last month.
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March 13, 2024
KKR Leads $500M HarbourView Music-Backed Financing
HarbourView Equity Partners said Wednesday it has secured about $500 million in debt financing through a music asset-backed securitization led by KKR, which will be used to further expand HarbourView's music investment capabilities.
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March 13, 2024
Ex-TopGolf Worker Claims Unfair Firing Over Wage Complaint
A former food service worker for an Alabama TopGolf facility was fired after a manager cursed at and threatened to physically assault her for using profanity in complaining about earning subminimum wages, according to a suit filed in federal court.
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March 13, 2024
Beckett Collectibles Says Steph Curry Suit Filed Too Late
Beckett Collectibles has asked a Texas federal court to toss a complaint by Alt Platform over the alleged alteration of a rookie Steph Curry trading card, arguing the statute of limitations has run on the lawsuit's sole claim of negligent misrepresentation.
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March 13, 2024
Patriots Owner Flags $2M Lien On 'Useless' Skydiving Facility
The real estate business of New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft asked a Massachusetts judge to discharge a $2 million mechanic's lien on a defunct indoor wind tunnel and skydiving attraction at a shopping center next to the football team's stadium.
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March 12, 2024
Pilates Giant Xponential Hid Studio Closures, Investor Says
Executives and directors of fitness brand franchiser Xponential were hit with a shareholder derivative suit alleging the company was damaged when media reports uncovered that Xponential had concealed from investors that dozens of its fitness studios had permanently closed and most of its brands were operating at a monthly net loss.
Expert Analysis
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5 Pointers For Game Cos. Facing Calif. Kids Privacy Law
The recently enacted California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act will have far-reaching implications for video game companies, and organizations will need to take steps accordingly to protect children’s privacy — from allocating compliance to implementing age assurance mechanisms, say Emma Smizer and Rick Borden at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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Recent Rulings Affirm Tribal Sovereign Immunity And Joinder
Two recent rulings from the Ninth Circuit and one from the Western District of Washington attest to the strength of tribal sovereign immunity — even in cases where there is no named tribal party — and strongly suggest that tribes themselves are best positioned to represent their own interests, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Fox Ex-Producer Case Is A Lesson In Joint Representation
A former Fox News producer's allegations that the network's lawyers pressured her to give misleading testimony in Fox's defamation battle with Dominion Voting Systems should remind lawyers representing a nonparty witness that the rules of joint representation apply, says Jared Marx at HWG.
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Beware The Rocket Ship: How SEC Is Scrutinizing Emoji Use
Recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases illustrate how emojis may be weaponized to allege the existence of a security in litigation — the rocket ship emoji has received particular attention — and offer helpful insight into how the agency may use emojis as evidence of a statement, act or intent going forward, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Baseball And MDLs
With the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation meeting on MLB opening day, Alan Rothman at Sidley explores connections between the national pastime and MDL, including sports-related proceedings in the areas of antitrust, personal injury, and marketing and sales.
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Opinion
Stanford Law Protest Highlights Rise Of Incivility In Discourse
The recent Stanford Law School incident, where students disrupted a speech by U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, should be a reminder to teach law students how to be effective advocates without endangering physical and mental health, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada.
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Opinion
Proposed Broadcast Ban On Sports Betting Ads Is Overbroad
The Betting on our Future Act, which proposes a total broadcast ban of advertising for sports betting, would violate commercial speech rights due to the heightened protection of advertising speech since the tobacco ban, and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster under a key U.S. Supreme Court test, says Mark Conrad at Fordham University.
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Dispute Prevention Strategies To Halt Strife Before It Starts
With geopolitical turbulence presenting increased risks of business disputes amid court backlogs and ballooning costs, companies should consider building mechanisms for dispute prevention into newly established partnerships to constructively resolve conflicts before they do costly damage, say Ellen Waldman and Allen Waxman at the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
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What Esports Ruling Means For College Title IX Compliance
A Florida federal court's recent ruling in Navarro v. Florida Institute of Technology, that esports are not subject to Title IX scrutiny, could guide internal audits but might also permit unchecked loopholes — so colleges should watch for case law that may alter or qualify the determination, say Christina Stylianou and Gregg Clifton at Lewis Brisbois.
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Defamation Alternatives For Suing Hoax Social Media Users
A recent proliferation of false or hoax social media content has targeted public figures and corporate accounts, and for plaintiffs seeking redress there are three types of claims that may be less-risky alternatives to defamation and libel litigation, say Charles Schafer and Ross Kloeber at Sidley.
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Practical Skills Young Attorneys Must Master To Be Happier
For young lawyers, finding happiness on the job — with its competitive nature and high expectations for billable hours — is complicated, but three skills can help them gain confidence, reduce stress and demonstrate their professional value in ways they never imagined, says career counselor Susan Smith Blakely.
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Pending NCAA Ruling Could Spell Change For Unpaid Interns
The Third Circuit's upcoming Johnson v. NCAA decision, over whether student-athletes can be considered university employees, could reverberate beyond college sports and force employers with unpaid student interns to add these workers to their payrolls, say Babak Yousefzadeh and Skyler Hicks at Sheppard Mullin.
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ABA Opinion Should Help Clarify Which Ethics Rules Apply
A recent American Bar Association opinion provides key guidance on interpreting ABA Model Rule 8.5's notoriously complex choice-of-law analysis — and should help lawyers authorized to practice in multiple jurisdictions determine which jurisdiction's ethics rules govern their conduct, say attorneys at HWG.
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4 Ways To Reboot Your Firm's Stalled Diversity Program
Law firms that have failed to see real progress despite years of diversity initiatives can move forward by committing to tackle four often-taboo obstacles that hinder diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, says Steph Maher at Jaffe.
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Slippery Super Bowl Should Raise OSHA Red Flags For Cos.
The slick field conditions of Super Bowl 57 would be considered unsafe in traditional work settings, and serve as a reminder for employers of their obligation to provide a workplace compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines — or risk paying the penalties, says Kristin Gray at FordHarrison.