SCA Promotions Inc v. Yahoo! Inc

  1. November 22, 2016

    Yahoo To Get $914K In Fees In NCAA Pick 'Em Insurance Row

    A Texas federal judge on Monday found that Yahoo should receive nearly $914,000 in attorneys' fees, less than half what the internet giant sought after it won a contract dispute with an insurer that had a deal to cover a canceled $1 billion NCAA March Madness "Tourney Pick 'Em" contest.

  2. April 04, 2016

    Yahoo Gets Attorneys' Fees In NCAA Contest Insurance Row

    A Texas federal judge on Monday awarded attorneys' fees to Yahoo after a ruling that a sweepstakes insurer must refund $550,000 in fees the Internet giant paid prior to scrapping a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest.

  3. March 25, 2016

    Yahoo Gets $550K Refund In NCAA Contest Row, Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge corrected a November ruling that entitled Yahoo Inc. to recover half the fees it paid to a prize insurer before scrapping a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest, ordering the insurer on Thursday to repay the Web giant $550,000.

  4. December 17, 2015

    Prize Insurer Takes Yahoo March Madness Fight To 5th Circ.

    Prize insurer SCA Promotions is appealing to the Fifth Circuit a decision by a Texas federal judge that Yahoo Inc. is only required to pay half of a $1.1 million fee as opposed to half of a much larger sum allegedly owed to SCA in a failed plan to run a $1 billion NCAA March Madness bracket contest.

  5. November 19, 2015

    Yahoo Wins Refund In Fight With Insurer Over NCAA Contest

    Yahoo won a victory in its fight with SCA Promotions over its failed plan to run a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest when a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled the Internet giant was entitled to recover half of the fees it paid to the prize promotions company.

  6. July 31, 2015

    Yahoo Ducks Extra Discovery In $1B Bracket Row With Insurer

    Prize insurer SCA Promotions Inc. is too late to make Yahoo Inc. turn over more information in a dispute over a failed plan for SCA to insure a Yahoo-run $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest, a Texas federal judge ruled Friday.

  7. July 22, 2015

    Yahoo Demands Sanctions In Row Over $1B NCAA Prize

    Yahoo Inc. asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to sanction insurer SCA Promotions Inc. and its attorneys in a suit over a canceled contract to insure a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest, arguing SCA has broken confidentiality rules to prop up a baseless case.

  8. July 07, 2015

    SCA Calls Yahoo Claims Baseless In $1B NCAA Bracket Fight

    Prize insurer SCA Promotions Inc. on Monday told a Texas federal judge that it is owed a cancellation fee over a failed plan to collaborate with Yahoo Inc. on a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest and that the Web giant's breach of contract and trade secrets counterclaims have no merit.

  9. June 25, 2015

    Insurer Wants Yahoo CEO To Respond In $1B Bracket Row

    Prize insurer SCA Promotions Inc. urged a Texas federal court Wednesday to compel Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer to respond to deposition questions regarding a dispute between both companies over a failed plan to collaborate on a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest.

  10. June 16, 2015

    Insurer Says Yahoo Can't Claim Fraud In $1B Bracket Suit

    Prize insurer SCA Promotions Inc. on Friday told a Texas federal court that Yahoo Inc. shouldn't be allowed to add last-minute counterclaims for fraud to the ongoing dispute between the two over a failed plan to collaborate on a $1 billion NCAA March Madness contest.