Sports & Betting

  • December 02, 2024

    Kyrie Irving Owes $400K For Retreat Services, Therapist Says

    A psychotherapist sued Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving in New York state court alleging he owes nearly $400,000 for services she provided for a North Dakota retreat this past summer, including additional counseling services after one of the participants tragically died during the event.

  • December 02, 2024

    DOJ, AGs Back Block Of ESPN Sport Streaming JV At 2nd Circ.

    The Justice Department and a group of Democratic state attorneys general are backing a lower court injunction against a sports-only streaming service from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, telling the Second Circuit the sports giants can't claim they have a right to refuse dealing with rivals after joining forces.

  • December 02, 2024

    Trial Date Set In 3-Way Fight Over Historic Ohtani Baseball

    A trial is now scheduled for one of two Florida state lawsuits to decide which of three baseball fans legally owns a home run ball hit by superstar Shohei Ohtani that was later auctioned off for $4.39 million.

  • December 02, 2024

    Apple, Google Hit With Class Claims Over Casino Apps

    Apple Inc., Google LLC and several online casino companies are operating an illegal gambling enterprise through "sweepstakes casino" apps and websites, in violation of New Jersey gaming laws, consumer protection statutes and federal racketeering laws, according to proposed class claims.

  • December 02, 2024

    Ex-Soccer Boss Fears He'll Die While Fighting Conviction

    The ailing former president of the Brazilian soccer federation urged a New York federal judge to rule on his petition to have his FIFA bribery conviction overturned, telling the court Monday that he could die before a scheduled January hearing on the issue.

  • December 02, 2024

    FIFA Says Saudi Arabia A Promising World Cup Host

    FIFA has released a report saying Saudi Arabia's bid to host the men's 2034 World Cup is a "very strong" proposition with only "medium" human rights risks, moving the Middle Eastern country and single bidder closer to becoming the designee.

  • December 02, 2024

    NY Knicks, Rangers Sue Over Counterfeit Merch Vendors

    The New York Knicks and Rangers asked a Manhattan federal judge Monday to order unknown sellers of counterfeit team merchandise to cease their bootlegging activity during basketball and hockey games at Madison Square Garden.

  • December 02, 2024

    Ark. Governor Wants Out Of Cherokee Casino License Row

    Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking a federal district court to be removed as a defendant and for an overall dismissal of a challenge to a state amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business' casino license, arguing the Oklahoma tribe doesn't have any property interest in the case.

  • November 27, 2024

    Canadian Hockey League Escapes Antitrust Suit; NHL Still In

    The umbrella organization for three Canada- and U.S.-based developmental hockey leagues has been dropped as a defendant in a proposed federal antitrust class action by players accusing it and the National Hockey League of exploitation, abuse and unlawful restraint on their careers.

  • November 27, 2024

    City Golf Course Exempt From Property Tax, Fla. Justices Say

    A municipal golf course in Florida is exempt from property taxes despite a management agreement with a for-profit company, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, reversing an appeals court decision.

  • November 27, 2024

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of Swimmers' Antitrust Suit

    The Ninth Circuit has refused to reconsider a decision reinstating a pair of lawsuits brought by a trio of swimmers and the International Swimming League claiming a boycott by swimming's international governing body violated antitrust law.

  • November 27, 2024

    How Linda McMahon As Dept. Of Ed Head May Impact Sports

    World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder and former CEO Linda McMahon could affect the sports world in a number of ways if confirmed as Secretary of Education, with legal experts watching areas like Title IX policy and whether she'll get involved in ongoing litigation involving the NCAA.

  • November 27, 2024

    JD Sports Completes €520M Deal For French Footwear Biz

    JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it has finalized the €520 million ($546 million) acquisition of French footwear company Groupe Courir SAS, after the European Union addressed competition concerns.

  • November 26, 2024

    Warner Bros. Hit With Investor Suit Over Failed NBA Deal

    Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. investors Monday filed a proposed class action claiming that the entertainment company and its top brass made false and misleading statements about how negotiations with the NBA were really going and the state of its overall business and financial prospects.

  • November 26, 2024

    FIFA Must Face Puerto Rico Antitrust Claims, But Not Fraud

    FIFA, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association all must face claims that they tried to block soccer rivals in Puerto Rico, after an island federal judge held that FIFA, like its co-defendants, can only nix fraud claims but not antitrust allegations.

  • November 26, 2024

    10th Circ. Spikes Bid To Block Trans Athlete From Tourney

    A pair of Tenth Circuit judges on Tuesday denied an emergency motion by female volleyball players to block a San Jose State University transgender athlete from competing in a tournament that begins Wednesday, agreeing with a Colorado federal judge's conclusion that the lawsuit's tardiness undermines the request for such quick relief.

  • November 26, 2024

    Judge Heads Off Misleading Solicitation In NCAA NIL Deal

    The California federal judge overseeing the NCAA name, image and likeness class action that is nearing closure issued guidelines Tuesday for third-party servicing companies offering to help student athletes secure their portion of a preliminarily approved $2.78 billion settlement.

  • November 26, 2024

    NC Basketball Scout Admits To Role In COVID Funds Scheme

    A North Carolina basketball scout has pled guilty to participating in a COVID-19 relief funds scam that prosecutors say netted him $300,000, the latest of more than 30 guilty pleas from the nationwide scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program.

  • November 26, 2024

    Pac-12 Agreed To 'Poaching' Clause, Mountain West Insists

    The Pac-12 Conference "unconditionally" agreed to all of last year's scheduling agreement with the Mountain West Conference, including a multimillion-dollar "poaching penalty,'' Mountain West claimed in California federal court, pushing back at the Pac-12's argument that the fee for luring away five teams is illegal.

  • 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.

Expert Analysis

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    Spray Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences as an abstract spray paint artist have made me a better litigator, demonstrating — in more ways than one — how fluidity and flexibility are necessary parts of a successful legal practice, says Erick Sandlin at Bracewell.

  • A Legal Playbook For Stadium Construction Agreements

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    As a new wave of construction in the professional sports arena space gets underway, owners must carefully consider the unique considerations and risks associated with these large-scale projects and draft agreements accordingly, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • Opinion

    5th Circ. NFL Disability Ruling Turns ERISA On Its Head

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    The Fifth Circuit's March 15 ruling in Cloud v. NFL Player Retirement Plan upheld the plan's finding that an NFL player was not entitled to reclassification because he couldn't show changed circumstances, which is contrary to the goal of accurate Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims processing, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

  • 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.

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