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June 04, 2024
MLB Player Banned For Life For Betting Violations
Major League Baseball has permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano, and handed down a one-year ban to Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly and three minor leaguers, for betting on baseball, according to a Tuesday statement.
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June 03, 2024
MLB Says Padres Star May Have Breached Betting Rules
San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is being investigated for allegedly placing bets on baseball games last season while he was playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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June 03, 2024
Chile Soccer Club Ex-Prez Says Amazon Series Defamed Him
The Amazon Prime drama series "El Presidente" defamed the former president of a Chilean football club by depicting him committing a variety of fabricated crimes related to the 2015 FIFA scandal, a new suit in Florida federal court alleged.
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June 03, 2024
Everton's Sale To Embattled PE Firm Off The Table, For Now
Everton Football Club has let its sale to private equity firm 777 Partners LLC lapse amid legal troubles for the buyer and concerns from minority shareholders about the deal, although no official reason was given in its Saturday announcement.
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June 03, 2024
Ex-Canadian Hockey League Team's VP Drops Suit Over Firing
The former vice president of finance for the Canadian Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks has dropped his defamation lawsuit against his former team and its general manager, two months after accusing them in Oregon federal court of firing him over false embezzlement claims.
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June 03, 2024
Group Defends Plan For PED-Fueled Athletic Competitions
The Enhanced Games continues to push for its performance-enhanced events after criticism from the International Federation of Sports Medicine, arguing Monday that its mission is not that different, because it too wants healthy athletes and fair competition.
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June 03, 2024
Justices To Hear Mob Case Over 'Violent' Crimes Of Inaction
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the case of an alleged associate of New York's Genovese crime family in which the reputed mobster, and the government, argued that the justices should resolve a circuit split over whether crimes of violence can be committed through inaction.
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May 31, 2024
WWE Investor Attys Enter Battle Royal To Lead Merger Suit
Two groups of shareholders have filed competing pitches for the lead plaintiff role in a consolidated class suit seeking damages from World Wrestling Entertainment founder Vincent McMahon and others in connection with WWE's $21 billion merger with Endeavor Group, both arguing they have most successfully pursued the suit's claims.
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May 31, 2024
Class Wants Holland & Hart Deposed Over Discovery Lapses
A Washington consumer bringing a class action against High 5 Games is seeking to depose the company's defense team, accusing its employees and attorneys of a "years-long campaign of discovery misconduct" that hid records showing the game seller targeted gambling addicts for profit on its social casino apps deceptively marketed as free-to-play.
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May 31, 2024
Edelson Calls Coach's Attack On Abuse Suit 'Meritless'
Edelson PC is urging a Cook County judge to toss a lawsuit from youth volleyball coach Rick Butler and his volleyball club looking to hold the firm liable for lodging allegedly "bogus" sex-abuse claims against the coach, calling it a "meritless" attempt to rehash their failed federal sanctions bid.
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May 31, 2024
Off The Bench: NCAA Transfers Freed, Atty Plays Cards Right
In this week's Off the Bench, the NCAA agrees to more historic rule changes while experts examine its post-House settlement future, and a patent lawyer looks back at his transformation into a poker champion.
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May 31, 2024
A Potential Tipping Point For Transgender Athlete Litigation
After heated policy debates in statehouses and academic institutions, the discourse over participation of transgender athletes in college and amateur sports has spilled into the nation's courts, with a flurry of recent suits and rulings suggesting the judiciary will have its hands full for years to come.
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May 31, 2024
Complaints About BC Tennis Coach Led To Firing, Suit Says
A former assistant women's tennis coach at Boston College says the head coach of the program "set out on a campaign to undermine and alienate" her out of professional jealousy and gender bias, alleging she was fired in retaliation after complaining to administrators.
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May 31, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen financier Crispin Odey file a defamation claim against the Financial Times, Ford hit with the latest "Dieselgate" claim and a human rights activist bring a privacy claim against Saudi Arabia. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 31, 2024
Ex-Penn State Football Team Doc Wins $5.25M Retaliation Suit
A Pennsylvania jury awarded $5.25 million to a former doctor for the Pennsylvania State University football team who claimed he was fired for reporting that head coach James Franklin pressured him to push student-athletes back onto the field before they were ready, according to a verdict sheet made public Friday.
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May 31, 2024
Activist Donerail Pushes Ex-Barstool Owner Penn To Sell
Activist Investor Donerail Group on Friday pushed Penn Entertainment Inc. to pursue a sale, ripping the company for a "failed" online gaming strategy that has "destroyed shareholder value," including its $1 sale of Barstool Sports and launch of a new betting platform with ESPN.
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May 31, 2024
Driver Sues F1 Bodies, Ex-Boss For £64M Over 'Crashgate'
Felipe Massa is suing the governing bodies of Formula One and its former CEO for £64 million ($81.5 million), claiming that he would have beaten Lewis Hamilton to the 2008 motorsport title if a scandal over an allegedly deliberate crash had been investigated properly.
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May 30, 2024
Kalshi Says Elections Aren't Games In Voting Wager Hearing
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday tried to weigh whether gambling on elections can be considered "gaming" in predictions market Kalshi's challenge to a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission order blocking it from offering election-based futures contracts.
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May 30, 2024
'I Don't Need Help Running The Court,' Judge Chides Attys
A Michigan state judge on Thursday appeared frustrated with attorneys for MGM and its former law firm arguing over potential conflicts in an underlying case, telling them to stop avoiding his questions and saying he didn't "need help running the court."
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May 30, 2024
StubHub Owes TicketManager $16M For Breach, Jury Says
A Los Angeles jury has found following a monthlong trial that StubHub owes more than $16 million for breaching its contract with Spotlight Ticket Management, which does business as TicketManager, and interfering in the company's relationship with American Express.
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May 30, 2024
NCAA Loses Bid To Sink Reggie Bush Defamation Suit
The NCAA has failed in its bid to get an early toss of the defamation suit filed by 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush, with an Indiana court ruling a dismissal is premature at this point because the former running back has met the pleading standards.
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May 30, 2024
NFL Kicker Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Flight Attendants
Two flight attendants who worked on a transatlantic charter flight for the Jacksonville Jaguars have sued the team and kicker Brandon McManus in Florida state court, alleging he sexually assaulted them during the eight-hour flight to London.
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May 30, 2024
Retired NBA Star Ends Coverage Suit Against BCBS
Former NBA player Rodney Rogers on Thursday dropped claims that Blue Cross Blue Shield abruptly ended at-home nursing care in violation of his policy but kept the door open to refile the claims.
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May 30, 2024
Politics Not Behind Radio Host's Firing, Broadcaster Argues
The broadcaster accused of wrongfully terminating radio host Grant Napear after he tweeted "All lives matter" told a California federal court in its bid for summary judgment that Napear's firing had nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with the disrespectful tone and timing of the post.
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May 30, 2024
NCAA V. Athletes Suits Paused As Parties Talk Final Deal
The consolidated cases in the class action against the NCAA over athletes' name, image and likeness compensation were stayed by a California federal judge Thursday, the next step toward finalizing the multibillion-dollar settlement the two sides reached last week.
Expert Analysis
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5th Circ. Ruling Will Spur Challenges To No-Action Letters
The Fifth Circuit's recent Clarke v. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission decision that withdrawing no-action letters constitutes a final agency action subject to judicial review means federal agencies should expect more challenges to the practice, which has been criticized for failing to provide clear standards and enabling agencies to change course abruptly, say attorneys at Sidley.
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NC Sports Betting Law May Bring New Blockchain Frontier
North Carolina's new law that allows online and retail betting on professional, college and esports sports events has provided the blockchain industry with an opportunity to prove that its technology is better than that of traditional financial systems by listing cryptocurrencies as an accepted asset to wager, says Samir Patel at Holland & Knight.
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In-Office Engagement Is Essential To Associate Development
As law firms develop return-to-office policies that allow hybrid work arrangements, they should incorporate the specific types of in-person engagement likely to help associates develop attributes common among successful firm leaders, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.
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Perspectives
A Judge's Pitch To Revive The Jury Trial
Ohio state Judge Pierre Bergeron explains how the decline of the jury trial threatens public confidence in the judiciary and even democracy as a whole, and he offers ideas to restore this sacred right.
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The Court's Likely Game Plan For TM Suit Against LIV Golf
Joseph Walsh at Harness IP examines the key factors a New Jersey district court will likely consider in the trademark infringement suit Cool Brands v. LIV Golf, including the strength of the plaintiff's mark, whether the mark was adopted to intentionally compete and relative pricing of each product sold under their respective brands.
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How To Recognize And Recover From Lawyer Loneliness
Law can be one of the loneliest professions, but there are practical steps that attorneys and their managers can take to help themselves and their peers improve their emotional health, strengthen their social bonds and protect their performance, says psychologist and attorney Traci Cipriano.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Should Be Mandatory
Despite the Appellate Rules Committee's recent deferral of the issue of requiring third-party litigation funding disclosure, such a mandate is necessary to ensure the even-handed administration of justice across all cases, says David Levitt at Hinshaw.
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Recalling USWNT's Legal PR Playbook Amid World Cup Bid
As the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team strives to take home another World Cup trophy, their 2022 pay equity settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation serves as a good reminder that winning in the court of public opinion can be more powerful than a victory inside the courtroom, says Hector Valle at Vianovo.
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Tools To Fight Delay From Arbitrability Appeals After Coinbase
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Coinbase v. Bielski decision mentioned a series of procedural tools litigants facing an automatic stay due to a Section 16(a) appeal can use to mitigate resulting harms and costs from the delay, and counsel should weigh the potential benefits and risks of these options, say Glenn Chappell and Spencer Hughes at Tycko & Zavareei.
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Senate Hearing Highlights Antitrust Hazards In PGA-LIV Deal
The U.S. Senate's recent questioning of PGA Tour COO Ron Price on the proposed deal with LIV Golf and its release of a dossier of framework agreements covered a variety of issues that could exacerbate antitrust concerns, including the predatory purchasing theory of competitive harm, free-riding and alternate funding, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Perspectives
Mallory Gives Plaintiffs A Better Shot At Justice
Critics of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern claim it opens the door to litigation tourism, but the ruling simply gives plaintiffs more options — enabling them to seek justice against major corporations in the best possible court, say Rayna Kessler and Ethan Seidenberg at Robins Kaplan.
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Employer Pointers From Tiger Woods' Legal Dispute With Ex
Ex-girlfriend Erica Herman's sexual harassment suit against Tiger Woods, which was recently sent to arbitration, highlights the need for employers to understand their rights and responsibilities around workplace relationships, nondisclosure agreements and arbitration provisions, say Stephanie Reynolds and Sean McKaveney at Fisher Phillips.
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Why Seminole Tribe Sports Betting Ruling Is A Net Positive
The D.C. Circuit Court’s recent ruling that a gambling compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe is lawful even though it allows for online sports betting expands the tribe's offerings while maintaining exclusivity and is a win for individuals who wish to legally wager on sports within Florida, says Daniel McGinn at Dean Mead.
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Strategies For Conducting More Effective Plea Negotiations
The sentencing of “Varsity Blues” scandal architect Rick Singer earlier this year provides a helpful case study on the plea bargain process, spotlighting three key negotiation concepts and seven tactics for defense attorneys, say lawyers at Riley Safer.
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Courts Can Overturn Deficient State Regulations, Too
While suits challenging federal regulations have become commonplace, such cases against state agencies are virtually nonexistent, but many states have provisions that allow litigants to bring suit for regulations with inadequate cost-benefit analyses, says Reeve Bull at the Virginia Office of Regulatory Management.