Sports & Betting

  • January 18, 2024

    Sharp Divisions Forecast Steep Climb For Sports NIL Overhaul

    Athletes, lawmakers and NCAA leadership clashed over the proper way to legislate name, image and likeness deals in college sports on Capitol Hill on Thursday, muddying the path forward for a bill that would override a patchwork of state laws with a sweeping federal model.

  • January 18, 2024

    Deals Rumor Mill: PAI Partners-Nestle, ESPN, Shein IPO

    Private equity firm PAI Partners could divest from an ice cream business it currently co-owns with Nestle, the NFL is exploring acquiring an equity stake in ESPN, and Singaporean fashion giant Shein's plans for a blockbuster U.S. IPO could face resistance from Chinese regulators. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • January 18, 2024

    Calif. Beach Club Must Face Swim Racer's Injury Suit

    A swimmer who broke his ankle in a 2017 race organized by a Malibu beach club had his negligence lawsuit against the club owners restored, after a California state appeals court ruled that a retired lifeguard captain's declaration that conditions were hazardous raised a legitimate dispute regarding whether the club boosted the inherent swimming risks.

  • January 18, 2024

    Trian Prepares To Launch Another Proxy War Against Disney

    Activist investor Trian Fund Management has embarked on yet another battle with the Walt Disney Company, filing a preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday concerning its nomination of Trian CEO Nelson Peltz and former Disney CFO James Rasulo to Disney's board of directors.

  • January 17, 2024

    'Chaos' Warning Resonates As Justices Mull Chevron's Fate

    A conservative-led campaign against the 40-year-old doctrine of judicial deference to federal regulators appeared vulnerable at U.S. Supreme Court arguments Wednesday to predictions of a litigation tsunami, as justices fretted about an onslaught of suits and politicization of the federal judiciary.

  • January 17, 2024

    Thomas Gets Laugh, Agrees Prior Ruling Is 'Embarrassment'

    The specter of a major 2005 telecommunications ruling hung over U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday as he and his colleagues considered whether to toss the court's decades-old precedent instructing judges to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes. 

  • January 17, 2024

    5 Key Takeaways From Supreme Court's Chevron Arguments

    U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether overturning a decades-old precedent instructing courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes would lead judges to legislate from the bench or diminish the value of Supreme Court precedent — and pondered whether they could "Kisorize" the doctrine rather than doing away with it altogether.

  • January 17, 2024

    Binance Users Hope To Serve Ronaldo $1B Suit On X Platform

    Former customers of Binance.com have asked a Florida federal court for permission to serve notice of their $1 billion proposed class action to Cristiano Ronaldo via the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, for his alleged role in luring users to the legally embattled cryptocurrency exchange, arguing that the mega soccer star's jet-setting lifestyle makes him hard to find.

  • January 17, 2024

    CFTC Election-Betting Suit Sent To DC Over Austin Backlog

    An Austin, Texas-based federal judge said he was too busy to quickly resolve a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission of acting "arbitrarily and capriciously" in attempting to shut down an election-betting platform, agreeing with the agency that the case should be heard in Washington, D.C.

  • January 17, 2024

    Ex-NBA Player's Bid For Health Fraud Trial Do-Over Rejected

    A New York federal judge denied a former NBA player's motion for acquittal or a new trial in the federal government's health fraud conspiracy case alleging players submitted fake invoices to the league's health plan with the help of medical professionals involved with the scheme.

  • January 17, 2024

    Varsity Brands To Settle Fla. Cheerleader-Abuse Case

    Athletic apparel giant Varsity Brands LLC is on the verge of settling an explosive Florida lawsuit that accused the company and its various subsidiaries of aiding and obfuscating sexual abuse of underage cheerleaders, according to Wednesday federal court filings.

  • January 17, 2024

    Racing Co. Worker Sues Over Tire Explosion Comp Pay

    An employee of a Connecticut racing team who was seriously injured in a tire explosion at a NASCAR track is claiming his employer threatened to fire him if he attempted to file for workers' compensation, according to a complaint filed in Connecticut state court.

  • January 17, 2024

    Cubs' Arbitration Bid Thwarted Again In Photographer Injury Suit

    An Associated Press photographer will get a chance to take his injury lawsuit against Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs to trial after an Illinois appeals court found hard-to-access terms and conditions make an arbitration agreement unenforceable, reversing a lower court's decision.

  • January 17, 2024

    NM Justices Find No Authority Over Tribal Casino Injury Suits

    The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a man's personal injury suit against the Pueblo of Pojoaque belongs in tribal court because shifting the jurisdiction to state court, as authorized under a gambling compact, was outlawed by a finding in another case that the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act does not allow such a jurisdictional change.

  • January 17, 2024

    Nike Says Bad Concept Of 'Willful' Undoes Jury's TM Verdict

    An attorney for Nike told a Third Circuit panel on Wednesday that a federal court's faulty definition of what constituted "willful" infringement of another company's trademark should erase a 2021 jury verdict against the sportswear giant.

  • January 17, 2024

    Bally Sports Parent Strikes Ch. 11 Plan Deal With Amazon

    Bally Sports Network parent Diamond Sports Group LLC said Wednesday it has reached a "comprehensive" deal for a debt-for-equity Chapter 11 restructuring plan, a $495 million settlement with its own parent company, and a future streaming partnership with Amazon.

  • January 17, 2024

    High Court Majority Shows No Eagerness To Overturn Chevron

    U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared split about whether decades-old precedent that favors federal agencies' legal interpretations in rulemaking infringes on judges' rightful authority to decide questions of law.

  • January 16, 2024

    6 Opinions To Read Before High Court's Chevron Arguments

    The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether to overturn a decades-old doctrine that instructs courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes, arguments in which nearly two dozen of the justices' prior writings may be used to persuade them to toss the controversial court precedent.

  • January 16, 2024

    Sports Co. Wants Coverage Apart From CEO Accused Of Rape

    A sports equipment company asked a Washington federal judge Tuesday not to conflate it with its CEO when determining whether to allow an insurer to escape defending the leader and his company against underlying sexual assault allegations.

  • January 16, 2024

    Panini Fearful Of Biz's Future If Fanatics Suit Is Tossed

    Trading card company Panini has asked a New York federal judge not to toss its antitrust lawsuit against rival Fanatics, Inc., arguing the suit's outcome could impact business for the next two decades.

  • January 16, 2024

    Weinstein, NY Knicks Owner Hit With Sexual Assault Suit

    A massage therapist sued incarcerated former media mogul Harvey Weinstein and New York Knicks owner James Dolan in California federal court Tuesday, alleging both men separately sexually assaulted her during her time working on tour for the rock band The Eagles. 

  • January 16, 2024

    'Varsity Blues' Judge Puzzled As Feds Want $1M Despite Loss

    A federal judge was left "befuddled" Tuesday by the government's position that a parent whose "Varsity Blues" conviction was largely thrown out on appeal can't get back $1 million he paid to the scheme's ringleader.

  • January 16, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Elaborate On Gaming Co.'s PTAB Concerns

    The Federal Circuit closed out an intense argument about whether it had jurisdiction to review a particular Patent Trial and Appeal Board institution decision, and whether the board's structure was constitutionally flawed, by affirming the underlying decision Tuesday without further comment.

  • January 16, 2024

    Nike Can Run With New Expert In Fake Shoe Importer Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has given Nike the go-ahead to substitute an expert witness in a suit against a transportation intermediary known as City Ocean in the athletic apparel company's 12-year-old suit over the import of allegedly counterfeit sneakers.

  • January 16, 2024

    Everton Soccer Club Faces 2nd Review Over Financial Losses

    Everton FC, an English Premier League soccer team, faces another round of scrutiny for once again failing to meet financial benchmarks related to losses that the league sets for its members, less than two months after the club was hit with finance-related sanctions by the EPL's judicial panel.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 NFT Issues Practitioners Should Consider In 2023

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    The use of non-fungible tokens grew dramatically in 2022 across many industries, so attorneys should keep their eyes on developments in licenses to artwork, royalties on secondary sales and applications of securities law, says Mark Radcliffe at DLA Piper.

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2022

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2022, and explain how they may affect issues related to antitrust, the False Claims Act,​ ​federal jurisdiction and more.

  • Loot Box Litigation Lessons For Game Developers

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    The legal landscape for loot boxes — online game mechanisms that contain collectible items, in-game weapons or various aesthetic upgrades — is a gray area, but game developers and publishers can look to recent court decisions for guidance, say Saphya Council and Emma Smizer at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target

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    Recent oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case regarding the scope of the attorney-client privilege appeared to raise more questions about multipurpose counsel communications than they answered, as the parties presented shifting iterations of a predictable, easily applied test for evaluating the communications' purpose, say Trey Bourn and Thomas DiStanislao at Butler Snow.

  • 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership

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    As Generation X attorneys rise to fill top roles in law firms and corporations left by retiring baby boomers, they should embrace generational characteristics that will allow them to become better legal leaders, says Meredith Kahan at Whiteford Taylor.

  • 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers

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    To prepare for discussions with potential merger partners, boutique law firms should first consider the challenges they hope to address with a merger and the qualities they prioritize in possible partner firms, say Howard Cohl and Ron Nye at Major Lindsey.

  • How DC Consumer Protection Suits May Advance ESG Goals

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    Plaintiffs have deployed a new tactic to attack allegedly false corporate narratives regarding environmental, social and governance practices in a recent string of cases that shed light on the extent to which the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act can be used to advance ESG initiatives, say attorneys at Katten.

  • 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023

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    Faced with a potential economic downturn this year, attorneys should look to strengthen client relationships now by focusing on key ways to improve the client experience, starting with a check-in call to discuss client needs and priorities for the coming year, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law

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    For lawyers and law firms, inevitable human error can lead to claims of malpractice or ethical violations, but the key is to avoid exacerbating mistakes by adding communication failures, conflicts of interest or insurance coverage losses, says Mark Hinderks at Stinson.

  • What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023

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    Hybrid work environments, high demand for lateral hires and a potential slowdown of the economy defined 2022 in the always-busy marketplace for legal talent, and as BigLaw looks at the year ahead, there are five major sources of concern for the teams charged with securing and retaining that talent, say advisers at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2022

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    A range of legal industry topics drew readers' attention in Law360's Expert Analysis section this year, from the "great resignation" to potential expansion of attorney-client privilege.

  • SC Pay-For-Play Bill For Student-Athletes Faces Obstacles

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    If passed, a new bill that would require certain South Carolina NCAA Division I public universities to pay their football and basketball players could see challenges over conflicts with Title IX compliance and NCAA name, image and likeness guidelines, say Christina Stylianou and Gregg Clifton at Lewis Brisbois.

  • What 3 Legal Industry Trends From 2022 Mean For Next Year

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    Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey & Africa looks back on the year in legal recruiting, including practice areas that saw the most movement, which regions seemed most ripe for new office openings and who was promoted to partner, and makes some look-ahead predictions for 2023.

  • Learning From This Year's Legal Industry Discrimination Suits

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    To limit the risk of lawsuits and make the workplace a more welcoming environment for female attorneys, it is important to reflect on lawyers' recent discrimination and sexual harassment claims against law firms and public employers, says Hope Comisky at Griesing Law.

  • Why Crypto Developers Must Beware Of Legitimacy Scrutiny

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    Recent cryptocurrency criminal case developments, like the sentencing of Asa Saint Clair, and government agency activity signal that enforcers and prosecutors are increasingly scrutinizing claims of third-party affiliation intended to create the appearance of legitimacy, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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