Sports & Betting

  • November 26, 2024

    MLBPA, FanDuel Ink Licensing Deal After Settling Legal Spat

    The Major League Baseball Players Association, FanDuel and OneTeam Partners on Tuesday announced that they are teaming up on a product and marketing licensing agreement, a move that comes just weeks after FanDuel was dropped from an MLBPA lawsuit over the alleged use of players' photos to promote sports gambling.

  • November 26, 2024

    DraftKings Engineer Says Leave Request Led To Firing

    A former DraftKings engineer alleges the sports betting company fired him after he requested parental leave despite positive reviews, violating the Family and Medical Leave Act, according to a lawsuit removed to Massachusetts federal court.

  • November 26, 2024

    DraftKings Wants Damages In NFLPA's Licensing Suit Axed

    DraftKings Inc. wants partially tossed a suit launched by the NFL Players Association alleging the sports betting giant failed to make good on a licensing agreement related to nonfungible tokens, saying that the players are not entitled to any damages but that as a threshold matter, the maximum potential damages should be capped.

  • November 25, 2024

    Conn. Athlete Training Firm Ends Feud With Ohio Ex-Worker

    A Connecticut company that orchestrates military-style team-building events for corporations and university athletic teams on Monday settled a short-lived employment lawsuit with an Ohio man it had accused of attempting to poach or meddle with its collegiate accounts in at least seven states.

  • November 25, 2024

    Judge Bemoans 'Chaotic' Contracts In Jack Nicklaus IP Case

    The New York state judge presiding over golf legend Jack Nicklaus' intellectual property lawsuit on Monday signaled he may not be able to untangle a set of contradictory contracts, which could lead to a trial over who can use the "Golden Bear's" name and likeness.

  • November 25, 2024

    Colo. Judge Won't Keep SJSU Trans Athlete From Tournament

    A Colorado federal judge on Monday refused to prohibit a San Jose State University transgender volleyball athlete from competing, shutting down a bid from a group of female players in the sport hoping to secure a preliminary injunction against the Mountain West Conference.

  • November 25, 2024

    Kalshi's Election Contracts Are Here To Stay, DC Circ. Told

    Prediction market advocates and legal scholars have told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission stretched existing statutes too far in its bid to block KalshiEx's election wagering market, and now that the votes are in, the agency's concerns that the markets would threaten election integrity have not borne out.

  • November 25, 2024

    Stolen Hitler Question Suit Barred By Immunity, MSU Says

    Michigan State University said it's immune from claims that it used a trivia quiz containing a question about Adolf Hitler without the creator's permission during a sold-out rivalry football game, which sparked negative publicity for the creator and his company.

  • November 25, 2024

    Final Buzzer Sounds On NBA Fraud Case With Doc's Sentence

    A Manhattan federal judge hit a Seattle-area doctor with five years in prison Monday for joining with the ringleader of the NBA's $5 million health billing fraud ring to submit fake invoices, the final sentencing in the sprawling case.

  • November 25, 2024

    Wrongful Death Suit Paused As NCAA, Family Talk Deal

    A U.S. magistrate judge has agreed to pause for the second time a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the NCAA from the family of a late football player who was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy after his death in 2018, giving the parties additional time to work toward a settlement.

  • November 25, 2024

    Topgolf Cuts Deal To Settle Server's Wage Suit

    Topgolf agreed to pay about $13,000 to settle a former food service worker's suit in Alabama federal court claiming it failed to pay her the full minimum wage for non-tip-generating work.

  • November 22, 2024

    Ex-NFL Player Scott Turner Picked For Trump's HUD Secretary

    Donald Trump announced Friday that he nominated retired NFL player and former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Scott Turner to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

  • November 22, 2024

    Class Attys Ask Court For 28% Of $2.2M Bowling Settlement

    Class attorneys in the now-settled legal fight over Bowl America's merger with Bowlero Corp. are requesting fees representing 28% of the proposed $2.2 million deal to end the litigation, which is nearing final approval.

  • November 22, 2024

    Sports Website Sued For Using Photographer's NBA Star Pic

    A photography business is accusing a sports content website of using its picture of New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson without permission, saying the website infringed copyrights in a complaint filed in New York federal court Friday.

  • November 22, 2024

    NJ Hoops League Settles Suit Over Black Father's Treatment

    A New Jersey man and the municipal children's recreational basketball league he sued over allegations it didn't penalize white individuals involved in a spat over a coach's conduct that got him banned from attending his children's games have resolved their dispute, according to a letter.

  • November 22, 2024

    Off The Bench: NBA Ices Media Flap, Paul-Tyson Netflix Suit

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NBA settles a high-profile suit regarding its new media rights deal, and Netflix's buggy presentation of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight draws a proposed class action.

  • November 22, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Stradley Ronon, Davis Polk

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Amcor PLC buys Berry Global Group Inc., AeroVironment buys BlueHalo, Robinhood Markets Inc. acquires TradePMR, and Comcast Corp. spins off a suite of NBCUniversal cable television networks.

  • November 22, 2024

    Adviser Charged With $2.1M Sports Star Investment Fraud

    A Florida investment adviser has been hit with civil and criminal charges in New York alleging he defrauded private lenders and borrowers out of $2.1 million in a scheme in which he lied to private lenders about the creditworthiness of borrowers, often professional athletes and sports agents.

  • November 22, 2024

    DirecTV Scraps Dish Merger After Bondholder Rejection

    DirecTV is abandoning a plan to purchase EchoStar's video distribution business Dish DBS, including Dish TV and Sling TV, after Dish DBS' bondholders rejected a proposed exchange debt offer that was required to seal the deal.

  • November 21, 2024

    Messi Drink's Look A 'Blatant' Copy, Logan Paul's Co. Says

    Social media influencer Logan Paul's sports beverage company Prime Hydration has struck back at the maker of White Claw over its new beverage collaboration with soccer legend Lionel Messi, saying in a New York federal court filing that the "blatant copying" of their Prime product's trade dress has already created consumer confusion.

  • November 21, 2024

    Sports Site Gets Video Privacy Suit Moved To Arbitration

    A California federal judge has sent to arbitration a putative class action accusing a high school sports streaming service of unlawfully sharing users' video-viewing information with third parties such as Meta Platforms Inc., finding that the plaintiff had agreed to these terms when he first signed up for an account on the site. 

  • November 21, 2024

    Colo. Judge Mulls Whether Mountain West Subject To Title IX

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday asked the Mountain West Conference why it should not be subject to Title IX when its board is "literally a collection of state actors," at a hearing to consider a bid by volleyball players to block a transgender athlete from competing in an upcoming women's tournament.

  • November 21, 2024

    Cherokee Look To Block Voter Group In Casino Mandate Row

    Two Cherokee Nation businesses suing Arkansas over a constitutional amendment revoking one of the tribal entities' casino gambling licenses want a federal judge to deny a bid to intervene in their suit by the group responsible for placing a ballot question before voters that repealed the license.

  • November 21, 2024

    NFL Paid $1.3B In Concussions Settlement So Far, 4% Atty Fees

    The National Football League has paid more than $1.3 billion to settle claims from former professional athletes who suffered neurological damage due to concussions sustained while playing, with 4% of that earmarked for their attorneys, according to a report by the court appointed special master and claim administrator for the multidistrict litigation.

  • November 21, 2024

    NASCAR Rule Change Results In Dropped Injunction Appeal

    A pair of NASCAR teams, one of which is owned by Michael Jordan, that sued the stock car racing company over allegedly anticompetitive practices have dropped their expedited appeal of a denied injunction after NASCAR removed a controversial antitrust release clause from its contracts.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Judicial Independence Is Imperative This Election Year

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    As the next election nears, the judges involved in the upcoming trials against former President Donald Trump increasingly face political pressures and threats of violence — revealing the urgent need to safeguard judicial independence and uphold the rule of law, says Benes Aldana at the National Judicial College.

  • Document Retention Best Practices To Lower Litigation Risks

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    As new technologies emerge and terabytes of data can be within the purview of a single discovery request, businesses small and large should take four document management steps to effectively minimize risks of litigation and discovery sanctions long before litigation ensues, says Kimbrilee Weber at Norris McLaughlin.

  • Series

    Riding My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Using the Peloton platform for cycling, running, rowing and more taught me that fostering a mind-body connection will not only benefit you physically and emotionally, but also inspire stamina, focus, discipline and empathy in your legal career, says Christopher Ward at Polsinelli.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four notable circuit court decisions on topics from consumer fraud to employment — and provides key takeaways for counsel on issues including coercive communications with putative class members and Article III standing at the class certification stage.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents

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    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • What The NIL Negotiation Rules Injunction Means For NCAA

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    A Tennessee federal court's recent preliminary injunction reverses several prominent and well-established NCAA rules on negotiations with student-athletes over name, image and likeness compensation and shows that collegiate athletics is a profoundly unsettled legal environment, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • What Recent Study Shows About AI's Promise For Legal Tasks

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    Amid both skepticism and excitement about the promise of generative artificial intelligence in legal contexts, the first randomized controlled trial studying its impact on basic lawyering tasks shows mixed but promising results, and underscores the need for attorneys to proactively engage with AI, says Daniel Schwarcz at University of Minnesota Law School.

  • 2026 World Cup: Companies Face Labor Challenges And More

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    Companies sponsoring or otherwise involved with the 2026 FIFA World Cup — hosted jointly by the U.S., Canada and Mexico — should be proactive in preparing to navigate many legal considerations in immigration, labor management and multijurisdictional workforces surrounding the event, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Golf Course Copyright Bill Implications Go Beyond The Green

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    A new federal bill, the BIRDIE Act, introduced in February would extend intellectual property protections to golf course designers but could undercut existing IP case law and raise broader questions about the scope of copyright protection for works that involve living elements or nonhuman authorship, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Litigation Inspiration: A Source Of Untapped Fulfillment

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    As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

  • The Taylor Swift Effect: Leveraging IP Thresholds In Ads

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    The Cetaphil #GameTimeGlow commercial, which aired before the Super Bowl, has garnered attention for its indirect use of Taylor Swift-related symbols that were easily spotted by fans — sparking questions about the legality of nodding to the iconic pop star without violating intellectual property rights, say attorneys at ​​​​​​​Brooks Kushman.

  • Series

    Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    A lifetime of skiing has helped me develop important professional skills, and taught me that embracing challenges with a spirit of adventure can allow lawyers to push boundaries, expand their capabilities and ultimately excel in their careers, says Andrea Przybysz at Tucker Ellis.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC

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    The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Opinion

    There Is No NCAA Supremacy Clause, Especially For NIL

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    A recent Tennessee federal court ruling illustrates the NCAA's problematic position that its member schools should violate state law rather than its rules — and the organization's legal history with the dormant commerce clause raises a fundamental constitutional issue that will have to be resolved before attorneys can navigate NIL with confidence, says Patrick O’Donnell at HWG.

  • How Firms Can Ensure Associate Gender Parity Lasts

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    Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates’ gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.

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