Sports & Entertainment

Sports:

• A suit by parents accusing a Little League Baseball organization of inadequate training of coaches and unsafe conditions for players was thrown out by a Connecticut state judge, who ruled that the parents never proved any harm by the league. Judge Says 'Game Over' To Little League Safety Suit
• A Florida boarding school for student athletes has agreed to pay $1.72 million to settle claims it took tuition payments from families with ties to a sanctioned Mexican drug cartel, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Thursday. Prep School To Pay OFAC $1.7M Over Cartel-Tied Payments
• A business owner accused an associate of Earvin "Magic" Johnson of fraudulently taking $250,000 to invest in an online education platform about cryptocurrency that was endorsed by the legendary basketball player but never launched or paid any royalties. Investor Claims $250K Fraud In Project Tied To Magic Johnson
• Men's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych filed an appeal with the international Court of Arbitration for Sport after the International Olympic Committee and the sport's governing body announced his disqualification from the Winter Olympics in Milan on Thursday for wearing a helmet depicting fellow Ukrainian athletes slain in the conflict with Russia. Ukrainian Athlete Appeals Olympic Ban Based On Helmet
• Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls. Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact
• A former New York Knicks shooting guard on Wednesday testified that he didn't know his former Morgan Stanley adviser had a stake in the player's $2.1 million life insurance investment and would have passed on the deal had he known, echoing testimony from two other NBA veterans. NBA Pro Says He Would've Balked At Deal Over Adviser's Role

Entertainment:

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• A Manhattan federal judge tossed a lawsuit accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of groping a man at a 2022 party, saying the sexual assault claim comes too late under NY law, but gave the plaintiff an opportunity to amend his suit despite expressing skepticism that it would be doable. NY Federal Judge Dismisses Sean Combs Assault Suit as Tim...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Adobe willfully infringed hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books by using pirated datasets to download, copy, and store the works to train AI, an author alleged in a proposed class action. Adobe Hit With Copyright Suit Over Training AI on Pirated Books