May 10, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter will plead guilty, an NBA star wins in his clash with the agent who sought to represent him, and a tennis player who was abused by her former coach is awarded $9 million.
May 06, 2024
NBA star forward Zion Williamson secured a Fourth Circuit victory on Monday in a prolonged legal battle with his would-be agent, with a unanimous panel ruling his contract with the Florida marketing agency was void under a North Carolina law governing student-athlete representation.
October 24, 2023
An athlete marketing agent pushed the Fourth Circuit to let her dig up star NBA forward Zion Williamson's past to prove he wasn't eligible to play for Duke University, rendering foolproof the contract he signed and later voided.
October 23, 2023
The Fourth Circuit's October argument lineup will find the court delving into a contract dispute between star NBA forward Zion Williamson and his former agent, while a former Drug Enforcement Administration recruit attempts to bring back her discrimination lawsuit.
May 08, 2023
A sports agent on Monday doubled down on her Fourth Circuit argument that she should be able to show evidence that NBA player Zion Williamson was ineligible to play college basketball when he signed a contract with her that was later voided by a lower court.
April 03, 2023
A sports agent's fight over its defunct contract with Zion Williamson threatens laws that protect young athletes, the National Basketball Association players' union told the Fourth Circuit in an amicus brief supporting the Pelicans' forward in a dispute that could redefine the term "student-athlete."
January 12, 2023
The former marketing agent for NBA player Zion Williamson told the Fourth Circuit that a lower court erred when it classified the young star as a student-athlete, which made their contract void, and said that a jury should have decided a question of misappropriation of trade secrets.