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March 11, 2024
Ex-NFL Player Knocked Colo. Woman Unconscious, Suit Says
A Colorado woman has accused a former NFL player of knocking her unconscious when he tried to stop her from leaving a party last spring, several months before he pled guilty to criminal charges stemming from brandishing a gun on the Las Vegas Strip.
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March 11, 2024
3rd Circ. Unsure Of Reasons To Halt Del. Assault Weapon Ban
A Third Circuit panel seemed to lean toward letting Delaware keep its ban on so-called assault weapons and extended magazines during arguments Monday, with Judge Stephanos Bibas pressing gun rights advocates on their claim the ban should have been blocked solely on the grounds that a Second Amendment violation may have taken place.
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March 11, 2024
Entire Deadspin Staff Cut After Site's Sale To European Firm
All existing employees of sports blogging site Deadspin have been laid off after finding out Monday that the blog's owner, private equity-backed G/O Media Inc., has agreed to sell the site to European firm Lineup Publishing for an undisclosed price.
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March 11, 2024
Court Mulls Fees, Potential Sanctions In NFL Poaching Case
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ordered sports agency powerhouse CAA to pay legal fees to a rival shop for slow-walking discovery in a case over the alleged poaching of former NFL wide receiver Kenny Golladay, holding off on firmer penalties until trial.
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March 11, 2024
NJ Hoops League Treated Black Father Unfairly, Suit Says
A New Jersey man is suing the Mount Olive Basketball Association in federal court alleging it did not impose any penalties on white individuals involved in a spat over a coach's conduct that got him banned from attending his children's basketball games.
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March 11, 2024
CBD Co. Says Investors' Fraudulent Intent Claims Fall Short
Canopy Growth Corp. is urging a New York federal court to throw out claims that it misled investors about the prospects of a sports nutrition subsidiary, saying the proposed class action fails to establish a motive for the alleged fraud or that the cannabis company was aware that any statements it made were false.
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March 11, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery became a hot topic in New Orleans last week as litigators and judges at an annual convention acknowledged the First State's corporate law preeminence is under scrutiny. Back home, the court moved ahead on disputes involving Meta Platforms, Abercrombie & Fitch and Donald Trump.
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March 08, 2024
SF Giants Don't Owe Penalties To Stadium Staff For Late Pay
The San Francisco Giants defeated claims that they owed ballpark concessionaires accrued wages after each work assignment, as a California state appeals court ruled that an amendment to a termination pay law retroactively nullified a worker's claims.
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March 08, 2024
Dartmouth Hoops Union Could Touch Off Legal Madness
A recent vote by the Dartmouth College men's basketball team to form a union could set the stage for the next round of litigation in shaping the rights of collegiate athletes, but experts told Law360 some steep obstacles could stand in the way of a breakthrough ruling that turns student athletes into full-fledged employees.
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March 08, 2024
Ill. Justices Give Hockey Player's Disability Suit Another Shot
A former high school hockey player can pursue disability discrimination claims against youth hockey organizations that barred her for having depression, as the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that the organizations' action amounts to barring someone from a public space under the state's Human Rights Act.
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March 08, 2024
League Of Legends Maker Facing $1B Suit Over FTX Promos
League of Legends video-game maker Riot Games has been hit with a potential billion-dollar class action accusing the company of fraud and conspiracy for its alleged role in helping deceive investors of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange platform.
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March 08, 2024
Kaiser Doesn't Want To Underwrite Seattle Soccer Site
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan says a real estate company is trying to make the health insurer "a de facto financier" of a massive development plan that includes a Seattle Sounders FC soccer training facility, according to a complaint filed in Washington state court.
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March 08, 2024
School Can't Halt Basketball Championship Over Disputed Call
A New Jersey appellate panel on Friday denied a local school board's emergency request to halt a high school championship basketball on Saturday, holding that the state's interscholastic athletic association's regulations do not allow for the appeal of a game official's call.
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March 08, 2024
Off The Bench: Dartmouth Union, Iowa Betting Case Folds
In this week's Off The Bench, Dartmouth College men's basketball players vote to unionize over the school's objections, a probe into Iowa State University athletes' gambling activities fizzles amid warrantless search allegations, and a Wimbledon champion gets her doping suspension reduced. If you were on the sidelines over the past week, Law360 is here to clue you in on the biggest sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
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March 08, 2024
Ex-Jaguars Employee Seeks Leniency For $22M Theft
A former Jacksonville Jaguars finance employee who pled guilty to embezzling $22 million from the team over a three-year period made a remorseful request to a Florida federal judge for a sentence that does not include prison time.
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March 08, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Barclays initiate legal proceedings against top Russian private bank JSC Alfa-Bank; Lex Greensill, founder of the collapsed Greensill Capital, suing the U.K.'s Department for Business and Trade; Wikipedia's parent company hit with a libel claim; and a sports journalism teacher filing a data protection claim against Manchester United FC. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 08, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Latham
In this week's Taxation with Representation, Viavi acquires Spirent, Cadence Design Systems purchases Beta Cae Systems International, and United Rentals buys Yak.
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March 07, 2024
Petition Watch: Student Athletes, Oil Spills & Preemption
The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for review each term, but only a few make the news. Here, Law360 looks at four petitions filed in the past three weeks that you might've missed: questions over whether student athletes have a business interest in being eligible to play college sports, how much oil is needed to qualify as an oil spill, whether an exemption to the Fourth Amendment applies to artificial intelligence and whether consumers can sue drug companies under state law for violating federal regulations.
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March 07, 2024
Atlanta Stadium Not Liable For Football Brawl, Ga. Court Says
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a trial court's ruling that Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium can't be held liable for injuries a woman sustained in a brawl at a 2017 college football game, but said the men she fought with will have to face her assault and battery claims.
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March 07, 2024
USA Swimming Wants Watchdog Org To Pay For Probe Case
USA Swimming filed a lawsuit in Colorado state court Thursday against a sports nonprofit seeking indemnification for a Washington lawsuit over allegedly false sexual misconduct accusations against a minor swimmer, arguing that the nonprofit should have to pay for the litigation because it bungled an investigation into the misconduct allegations.
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March 07, 2024
11th Circ. Told Workers Unfairly Paid With Reduced Golf Rates
Three men who were classified as volunteers at a Florida for-profit municipal golf course urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to reverse a lower court decision dismissing their lawsuit alleging they were denied fair wages after only being compensated with discounted fees on rounds of golf, saying they should get the chance to prove they were employees.
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March 07, 2024
Penn State Suit Sets Off Debate Over Trademarks' Function
The Pennsylvania State University and sports apparel retailer Vintage Brand are locked in a legal battle that could force courts to reexamine how trademarks function in merchandise licensing and potentially make it harder to prevail on counterfeiting claims, according to attorneys.
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March 07, 2024
Nike, Others Score Win In 'Ballin' Campaign TM Suit
A Texas federal judge has officially thrown out a graphic designer's trademark infringement suit against companies like Nike Inc., agreeing with a magistrate judge's decision that found his use of the mark "ballin" was minor.
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March 07, 2024
Va. Senate Leaves Proposed NBA, NHL Arena Out Of Budget
The plan to build a $2 billion sports and entertainment complex to house the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals in the northern Virginia suburbs was derailed on Thursday, when it was left out of the upcoming budget approved by the state Senate's Finance and Appropriations Committee, leaving questions about if or when the project will be revived.
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March 07, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Reddit, Cisco, LeBron James-PGA Tour
Reddit's IPO could fetch a $6.5 billion valuation, European antitrust regulators are likely to approve Cisco's $28 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Plunk, and LeBron James is among parties interested in investing up to $3 billion combined to support the PGA Tour. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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DOJ's Google Sanctions Motion Shows Risks Of Auto-Deletion
The U.S. Department of Justice recently hit Google with a sanctions motion over its alleged failure to preserve relevant instant-messaging communications, a predicament that should be a wake-up call for counsel concerning the danger associated with automatic-deletion features and how it's been handled by the courts, say Oscar Shine and Emma Ashe at Selendy Gay.
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Everyrealm Case Spurs Big Workplace Arbitration Questions
If a New York federal judge's recent textualist ruling in Johnson v. Everyrealm denying arbitration of an entire employment lawsuit is appealed and upheld, it could set the stage for significant impairment of the enforcement of arbitration agreements, says Rex Berry at Signature Resolution.
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What To Expect From A Litigation Finance Industry Recession
There's little data on how litigation finance would fare in a recession, but a look at stakeholders' incentives suggests corporate demand for litigation finance would increase in a recessionary environment, while the number of funders could shrink, says Matthew Oxman at LexShares.