Luck v. McMahon, et al

  1. June 24, 2022

    Ex-XFL Commissioner, League Founder Drop Termination Suit

    Former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck and the football league founder and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. CEO Vince McMahon have mutually agreed to drop a lawsuit over Luck's pay after his firing in 2020.

  2. April 26, 2022

    Week In Bankruptcy: InfoWars' Shaky Start, Releases Still Roil

    Alex Jones moved three holding companies into bankruptcy last week to shield his intellectual property from defamation suits, immediately drawing the ire of the Sandy Hook families that sued him for defamation, the Office of the U.S. Trustee and the judge overseeing the cases; the U.S. trustee continued its national crusade against non-consensual third-party releases; and mass tort cases chugged along. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  3. April 20, 2022

    Ex-XFL Commissioner Asks Court To Block Pay Clawback Try

    The former commissioner of Vincent McMahon's XFL football league is asking a Connecticut judge to block an attempt in Delaware bankruptcy court to claw back some of the $11 million the league paid him, saying it's a rehash of claims rejected by the Connecticut court.

  4. April 12, 2022

    Bankrupt XFL's Ex-Commissioner Hit With Pay Clawback Suit

    The administrator of the bankruptcy estate behind Vincent McMahon's professional football league XFL sued the league's former commissioner and CEO, seeking to claw back some of the $11 million it paid him during the two years before the bankruptcy filing.

  5. February 25, 2022

    Fired XFL Commish's July Trial To Hinge On Player's Hiring

    A Connecticut federal judge on Friday set a July trial date for former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck's wrongful termination lawsuit, which will hinge on whether his hiring of a football player with a checkered past warranted his firing and if Luck was given the chance to correct the problem.

  6. September 20, 2021

    Fired XFL Commissioner Can't Depose K&L Gates Atty

    Former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck cannot depose the K&L Gates LLP partner whose investigation allegedly convinced the league to fire him, a Connecticut federal judge said Friday in an order hinting at forthcoming sanctions against Luck for supposedly destroying evidence.

  7. July 15, 2021

    Ex-XFL Commish 'Evading' Answers In Firing Suit, Court Told

    Former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck is "stonewalling" discovery in his $24 million suit over his firing in order to avoid admitting that he slacked off during his final months on the job, the league's former parent company and founder told a federal judge Wednesday.

  8. June 07, 2021

    Fired XFL Commissioner Wants To Depose K&L Gates Atty

    Ousted XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck is urging a Connecticut federal judge to let him depose a K&L Gates LLP partner whose investigation purportedly led to his firing, arguing the league only sought the attorney's advice after it had decided to can Luck.

  9. May 10, 2021

    Former XFL Commish Can't Rush Witness Bid In Firing Suit

    A Connecticut federal judge on Monday denied a request from a former XFL commissioner to speed up consideration of his bid to expand pretrial questioning in his termination suit, a bid league founder Vince McMahon has said is part of a "pattern of abusive and harassing discovery tactics and gamesmanship."

  10. January 08, 2021

    XFL Parent Looks To Lock Up $600K From Ex-Commish

    The XFL's bankrupt former corporate parent Alpha Entertainment LLC sought Thursday to secure a nearly $600,000 prejudgement remedy against ousted Commissioner Oliver Luck, arguing that its contract breach counterclaims over "problematic" player Antonio Callaway are an inevitable touchdown.