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March 19, 2024
Jackpocket App Co. Leaves 2nd Circ. Empty-Handed
A lottery startup called Jackpocket Inc. that DraftKings Inc. bought last month has failed to persuade the Second Circuit to disturb a ruling out of a New York federal court that rejected its trademark case against a newer U.K. rival that operates a website called Jackpot.com.
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March 19, 2024
NCAA Hit With Putative Action Challenging Prize Money Rule
The NCAA is facing yet another legal challenge over its limits on athlete compensation, as a proposed class action in North Carolina looks to knock down the association's rules barring players from collecting prize money in outside competitions.
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March 18, 2024
Judge Trims ADA Claims From Disney Worker's Vaccine Suit
A Florida federal judge ruled Monday that a Disney employee fired for failing to comply with COVID-19 procedures cannot bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act because the law does not cover potential future disabilities, like the risk of infection from not being vaccinated.
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March 18, 2024
Dartmouth College Won't Bargain With Men's Basketball Team
Dartmouth College is rejecting a bid by a Service Employees International Union local to bargain for a contract covering men's basketball players, a university spokesperson said Monday, signaling the school's plan to take to federal court its fight over whether collegiate athletes are statutory employees.
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March 18, 2024
Justices Tilt Toward NRA In Free Speech Row With Regulator
A cautious U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to rule in favor of the National Rifle Association in a case over allegations that a former New York state official pressured financial institutions to cut ties to the National Rifle Association in violation of its free speech rights.
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March 18, 2024
Voyager Investors Suing Mark Cuban Seek Class Cert.
Investors suing billionaire Mark Cuban over his role in promoting now-bankrupt Voyager Digital Ltd. have pushed for class certification and urged the court to rule that Voyager was selling unregistered securities.
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March 18, 2024
Son Of Late Football Player With Brain Condition Sues NCAA
The son of a former college football player who died in 2018 and was later diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy sued the NCAA Monday in Indianapolis federal court, accusing it of negligence and wrongful death for knowing about the risks to players' health during the 1960s but ignoring them.
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March 18, 2024
11th Circ. Urged To Nix Ala. Coach's Win In Gender Bias Suit
Alabama State University has urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a win for the school's former softball coach, who claimed she was suspended because of her gender, saying she did not demonstrate a case of bias.
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March 18, 2024
Minute Media Buys Rights To Publish Sports Illustrated
Digital content business Minute Media has purchased the publishing rights for Sports Illustrated, keeping alive a longtime brand that recently obliterated its newsroom with layoffs and shut down its betting platform, according to a Monday announcement.
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March 18, 2024
Feds, Tribes, Casinos Face Off Over Trust Land Request
The Interior Department, Detroit-area casinos and two tribes are urging the D.C. Circuit to reject the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' bid to compel the federal government to take land into trust for a casino venture several hundred miles away from its other trust lands on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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March 18, 2024
Tennis Job No Reason To Slice 'Varsity Blues' Term, Feds Say
A tennis instructor job in New York is no reason to grant an early end to the home confinement portion of a sentence given to a former Georgetown University coach for his role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, prosecutors told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday.
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March 18, 2024
World Champ Race Walker's Appeal Of Doping Ban Denied
The ban against an Italian champion race walker will remain in place after an international arbitration tribunal denied the Olympic gold medalist's appeal of an eight-year punishment over alleged doping violations, according to a Friday statement.
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March 18, 2024
Doctor Can't Yank NBA Fraud Plea, Feds Insist
Prosecutors have told a Manhattan federal judge that a doctor accused of assisting a group of NBA players in creating false documents to defraud the league's healthcare plan shouldn't be allowed to yank his guilty plea, arguing evidence shows his guilt and that too much time has passed.
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March 18, 2024
Proskauer Guides $58M Sale Of Seattle Reign NWSL Team
The National Women's Soccer League's Seattle Reign FC will fall under new ownership as a group including men's soccer franchise Seattle Sounders FC and private equity giant Carlyle announced plans to buy the women's team in a deal that values it at $58 million.
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March 15, 2024
Fla. Deal Might Let Illegal Gambling 'Proliferate,' Justices Told
A coalition of South Florida gambling opponents are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's determination that a sports betting compact between the Sunshine State and the Seminole Tribe is lawful, arguing that their business and property interests will be negatively affected by the "unprecedented statewide gambling expansion."
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March 15, 2024
Roblox's Casino Games Are 'Preying On Children,' Suit Says
Online game platform Roblox Corp. has been hit with another proposed class action suit in California federal court accusing it and other companies of "preying on children nationwide" through an "illegal gambling ecosystem" that specifically targets minors.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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Joint Representation Ethics Lessons From Ga. Electors Case
The Fulton County district attorney's recent motion to disqualify an attorney from representing her elector clients, claiming a nonconsentable conflict of interest, raises key questions about representing multiple clients related to the same conduct and highlights potential pitfalls, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Lawyer Discernment Is Critical In The World Of AI
In light of growing practical concerns about risks and challenges posed by artificial intelligence, lawyers' experience with the skill of discernment will position them to help address new ethical and moral dilemmas and ensure that AI is developed and deployed in a way that benefits society as a whole, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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AI Considerations For Parties In The Creator Economy
As artificial intelligence technology continues to shape the creator economy, it is crucial for players in the entertainment ecosystem to consider the legal and regulatory implications of AI-generated works, and stay on top of intellectual property ownership, license rights, rights of publicity and associated liability risks, say attorneys at Fenwick.
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Don't Forget Alumni Engagement When Merging Law Firms
Neglecting law firm alumni programs after a merger can sever the deep connections attorneys have with their former firms, but by combining good data management and creating new opportunities to reconnect, firms can make every member in their expanded network of colleagues feel valued, say Clare Roath and Erin Warner at Troutman Pepper.
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Opinion
Student Visas Should Allow Int'l Athletes' NIL Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should heed a recent request by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Democrats from Connecticut, for changes to visa regulations that would allow foreign student athletes to take full advantage of name, image and likeness opportunities without jeopardizing their immigration status, say Gabriel Castro and Tiffany Derentz at Berry Appleman.
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Without Stronger Due Diligence, Attys Risk AML Regulation
Amid increasing pressure to mitigate money laundering and terrorism financing risks in gatekeeper professions, the legal industry will need to clarify and strengthen existing client due diligence measures — or risk the federal regulation attorneys have long sought to avoid, says Jeremy Glicksman at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
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Every Lawyer Can Act To Prevent Peer Suicide
Members of the legal industry can help prevent suicide among their colleagues, and better protect their own mental health, by learning the predictors and symptoms of depression among attorneys and knowing when and how to get practical aid to peers in crisis, says Joan Bibelhausen at Minnesota Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.
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Building On Successful Judicial Assignment Reform In Texas
Prompt action by the Judicial Conference could curtail judge shopping and improve the efficiency and procedural fairness of the federal courts by implementing random districtwide assignment of cases, which has recently proven successful in Texas patent litigation, says Dabney Carr at Troutman Pepper.
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Opinion
Now Is The Time For Independent Industry Self-Regulation
The high level of trust in business, coupled with the current political and legal landscape, provides an opportunity for companies to play a meaningful role in finding solutions to public policy issues through the exploration of independent industry self-regulation models, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.
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AmEx Ruling Proves A Double-Edged Sword In Labor Antitrust
Though the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 decision in Ohio v. American Express was a defense victory, both the plaintiff and defense bars have learned to use the case's holdings to their advantage, with particularly uncertain implications for labor antitrust cases, say Lauren Weinstein and Robert Chen at MoloLamken.
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Do Videoconferences Establish Jurisdiction With Defendants?
What it means to have minimum contacts in a foreign jurisdiction is changing as people become more accustomed to meeting via video, and defendants’ participation in videoconferencing may be used as a sword or a shield in courts’ personal jurisdiction analysis, says Patrick Hickey at Moye White.
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Opinion
Humanism Should Replace Formalism In The Courts
The worrying tendency for judges to say "it's just the law talking, not me" in American decision writing has coincided with an historic decline in respect for the courts, but this trend can be reversed if courts develop understandable legal standards and justify them in human terms, says Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher.
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Don't Let Client Demands Erode Law Firm Autonomy
As clients increasingly impose requirements for attorney hiring and retention related to diversity and secondment, law firms must remember their ethical duties, as well as broader issues of lawyer development, culture and firm integrity, to maintain their independence while meaningfully responding to social changes, says Deborah Winokur at Cozen O'Connor.
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Opinion
Federal Judge's Amici Invitation Is A Good Idea, With Caveats
An Arkansas federal judge’s recent order — inviting amicus briefs in every civil case before him — has merit, but its implementation may raise practical questions about the role of junior attorneys, economic considerations and other issues, says Lawrence Ebner at the Atlantic Legal Foundation.
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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.