January 10, 2025
Major League Baseball can't pause a lawsuit alleging it allowed two minor league umpires to be sexually harassed by a female colleague, a New York federal judge ruled, saying MLB hadn't shown it was necessary to halt discovery while he considered a bid to trim the case.
October 08, 2024
A former minor league umpire who claims he was sexually harassed by a female umpire filed an expanded suit Tuesday against Major League Baseball after settlement talks failed.
August 09, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA still faces pushback from athletes after an NIL settlement, transgender youth athletes in Ohio lost their legislative battle, and the Seventh Circuit set an insurance broker straight on its actions in an NFL team's settlement with a former player.
August 08, 2024
Major League Baseball and Brandon Cooper, a former minor league umpire accusing the league of firing him in retaliation for his reporting a female umpire's harassment, are discussing a settlement of his lawsuit, according to a joint letter asking a New York federal judge to pause the case.
April 24, 2024
Major League Baseball fired a minor league umpire who accused a female colleague of bullying him and using homophobic slurs to avoid disrupting its goal of recruiting more women to work for the league, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in New York federal court.