Sports:
- The cofounders of FanDuel are stepping up their efforts to recoup lost equity from the company’s 2018 acquisition by European bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair, which later rebranded to Flutter Entertainment. FanDuel Founders Expand Lawsuit Against Board Members Who Sold Company - Front Office Sports
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport has now released its decision stripping U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles of her bronze medal in favor of a Romanian gymnast, though questions about a potential conflict involving tribunal president Hamid Gharavi have put the sports court on the ...
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- The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former football coach's lawsuit accusing a Georgia school district of unlawfully refusing to renew his contract because he's white, backing a lower court's determination that an earlier case against Black school board members barred the current claims. 11th Circ. Won't Revive White Ex-Coach's Race Bias Suit - Law360
- Liberty Media, owner of Formula One Group, confirmed that it is under investigation by the Justice Department for denying Andretti Global entry into the Formula 1 World Championship. Liberty Media confirms ...
Managing the fairness of a global sporting event like the Olympic Games, where the stakes for athletes are at a peak, poses a major challenge. That’s why the International Council for Arbitration for Sports (ICAS) created an Ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) specifically to resolve Olympics-related legal disputes. The Ad hoc Division first arbitrated at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. An Anti-Doping Division has also been added to address doping disputes specifically. The CAS Divisions begin arbitrating ten days before the Opening Ceremony, following the ...
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- Streaming service Fubo has told a NY federal court that ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up with others to knock down its "sports-first streaming business," but what Fubo calls anticompetitive behavior, the trio of companies on the other side of a lawsuit call fair competition. ESPN, Fox, Hulu Oppose Bid To Block Sports Streaming JV - Law360
OLYMPICS
- A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony — including angry comments from Donald Trump — took a legal turn, with a DJ who performed at the show saying her lawyer is filing complaints over a ...
The Olympics, long an international spectacle featuring the highest caliber athletes from around the world competing for gold, also features another, less well-known battleground: the competition between companies hoping to capitalize on the attention on the event. Most companies opt for the more by-the-book method of capitalizing off the attention being paid to the Olympics: becoming an official sponsor of the event. Sponsorship agreements with the International Olympic Committee grant companies the advantage of being able to use exposure at the event itself, as well as the ...
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- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a limited appeal in Pittsburgh’s challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling that the city’s tax on visiting athletes and performers is unconstitutional. In a one-page order Monday, the Supreme Court said the appeal would be limited to whether Commonwealth Court correctly interpreted the state constitution’s requirement that all taxpayers must be subject to the same tax rate. It denied the appeal on other grounds the city had raised. Supreme Court grants limited appeal of ruling striking down Pittsburgh’s ‘jock tax’ ...
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NFL
- The breach of contract trial against a woman claiming to be Jerry Jones' daughter is scheduled to start next Monday, and the Cowboys owner is expected to testify on the witness stand. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to testify on witness stand in trial tied to paternity case, records show - WHAS11
- The NFL has tried (with, at times, some success) to persuade the courts that the Sunday Ticket antitrust class action should be dismissed. The latest paperwork filed by the league focuses on the manner in which a jury in a Los Angeles federal court came up with its $4.7 billion verdict. NFL ...
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- Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. and a man who claims he suffered permanent eye damage because of a defective golf practice net bought from the company are asking a Georgia federal judge to keep his litigation on hold while they pursue mediation. Dick's, Customer Want Golf Net Suit Stayed For Mediation - Law360
- A Pennsylvania man accused of making more than $800,000 from insider trading of Dick's Sporting Goods securities pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. Sixty-two-year-old Frank Poerio pleaded guilty to four counts of securities fraud in front of a ...
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- The legislature of New York's Nassau County passed a law on Monday to ban women's and girls' sports teams from using sports facilities in the county on Long Island unless they exclude transgender girls and women from playing. New York county passes law to restrict trans girls and women from sports venues - Reuters
NCAA
- A University of North Carolina tennis star is seeking an injunction in her federal lawsuit against the NCAA over access to prize money. UNC tennis star seeks injunction in suit against NCAA over prize money - Carolina Journal
- An Indiana federal judge on Tuesday ...
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NFL
- The National Football League must pay more than $4.7 billion in class-action damages for overcharging subscribers of its “Sunday Ticket” telecasts, a California federal jury said on Thursday. NFL hit with $4.7 billion verdict in 'Sunday Ticket' antitrust trial - Reuters
- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming sexual assault against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Collin County Judge Angela Tucker's ruling Wednesday comes on the heels of Dallas police announcing in May that they had found "insufficient evidence" to support a criminal case against ...
