Sports:
- College athletes looking to monetize their name, image and likeness under a historic antitrust settlement have asked a California federal judge to relax oversight of third-party brand deals, arguing that increased scrutiny is undermining the agreement. College Sports Commission to continue reviewing deals by multimedia rights companies - ESPN
- An Ohio state judge on Thursday preliminarily blocked the National Collegiate Athletic Association from enforcing its newly approved eligibility rules against 24 college basketball players who claim that the rules unjustly ...
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LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS
- Actress Blake Lively says she racked up more than $8 million in legal fees and expenses in her battle with her "It Ends With Us" costar Justin Baldoni, litigation she characterized as a "holy war" waged by Baldoni and his studio's financier, whom she accused of "scorched-earth" tactics designed to drain her resources. Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Responds to Blake Lively’s $8 Million Fee Request
- MGA Entertainment won’t pay punitive damages in a longstanding intellectual property dispute concerning a series of dolls and teen pop group ...
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MUSIC
- Live Nation Entertainment Inc. confirmed that the road to its controversial settlement with the DOJ went all the way to the White House in a NY federal court filing that leaves many questions unanswered about a deal Democrats have cast as corrupt and failed to mollify state enforcers. Live Nation Discloses White House Involvement In DOJ Deal - Law360
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- Counsel for Tameka Harris and rapper T.I. kicked off a 4th trial in CA federal court over the couple's intellectual property suit against MGA Entertainment, arguing that a previous jury ...
Sports:
- The Eleventh Circuit has revived an Alabama high school football player's suit against the school district and his former coach over incidents of sexual harassment by his teammates, finding that the allegations supported the student's Title IX and equal protection claims. Alabama Student’s Title IX Football Hazing Case Revived by Court
- Floyd Mayweather violated his agreement to fight Mike Tyson before facing off against Manny Pacquiao after formally coming out of retirement for these once-in-a-lifetime events that cannot be replicated or replaced, a global ...
Entertainment:
LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS
- Rapper and producer Sean Combs, professionally known as Diddy, can be sued for trademark infringement over his song “Act Bad” and related branding, a federal judge in New York ruled. Diddy Sued By Inmate Who Lays Claim To "Act Bad" Trademark
- Ice Cube’s professional 3-on-3 basketball league BIG3 is set to go public through a merger with a SPAC. Ice Cube's Big3 basketball league to go public with $290 million valuation
- A New York federal judge ruled that Blake Lively can recoup legal fees from her "It Ends With Us" costar Justin Baldoni ...
Sports:
- A state judge on Monday declared Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby eligible to play in the 2026 college football season, finding that the player was unjustly harmed by the NCAA's decision to ban him after he admitted to sports betting. Brendan Sorsby granted 2026 eligibility: Texas Tech QB wins injunction vs. NCAA - CBS Sports
- Two D.C.-area residents sued the National Park Service on Saturday in a bid to halt the UFC mixed martial arts event scheduled for the White House South Lawn on June 14, arguing that the Trump administration illegally authorized the private event by ...
Sports:
- A Disney+ user must arbitrate his claim that ESPN Inc. gave his viewing data to Facebook's parent company Meta without his permission, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, saying federal arbitration law preempts a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision that applied higher standards to private dispute resolution contracts. ESPN Wins Arbitration Of Disney+ User's Meta Privacy Claims - Law360
- The Chicago Bears on Monday kept the door open to staying in Illinois instead of moving to Indiana, hours after the state's Senate failed to act on a tax incentive bill for a proposed ...
Sports:
- A federal judge in Manhattan declined Thursday to order the Wimbledon and French Open tennis tournaments to grant access to representatives from a players group, after the group claimed its representatives are being denied access in retaliation for its antitrust lawsuit. Tennis Lawsuit Sparks Courtroom Fight Over Grand Slam Credentials
- A deluge of litigation targeting the NCAA's eligibility bylaws for allegedly limiting athletes' compensation has resulted in conflicting rulings from different courts, teeing up the possibility of a U.S. Supreme Court intervention ...
Entertainment:
LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS
- Blake Lively has settled her claims accusing Justin Baldoni's production company of orchestrating a smear campaign after she accused her It Ends With Us co-star of sexually harassing her, the actors announced in a joint statement, just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial in NY federal court. Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni got no money in lawsuit settlement
FILM & TELEVISION
- Photographer Annie Leibovitz’s licensing agency wrongly lost its copyright lawsuit over an online magazine’s use of her picture of the Star Wars movie ...
Sports:
- Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres announced that control of the franchise will be passed to an ownership group led by investor couple Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano, a few months after the family of the team's late owner largely resolved an internal dispute over control of the team. San Diego Padres Sale to José E. Feliciano, Kwanza Jones Sets MLB Record | Hypebeast
- The Saudi government's decision to cease funding for LIV Golf is a sea change both for the PGA Tour and the upstart league that once plunged the sport into a legal free-for-all that put the game's power ...
