October 11, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA and the athletes suing it over name, image and likeness money satisfy a judge with their proposed settlement revisions, an NFL quarterback settles yet another sexual assault accusation, and a legal battle between the NFL and one of its former reporters ends amicably.
October 09, 2024
Award-winning sports journalist Jim Trotter and the National Football League on Wednesday agreed to settle his federal lawsuit accusing the league and its media arm of retaliating against him for persistently raising concerns about discriminatory hiring.
July 26, 2024
Significant cases involving major American pro sports organizations have earned extra attention as the second half of 2024 begins, as have cases involving young professional athletes, college recruits and youth sports participants. Still, the NFL remains king with its footprint all over the list of must-follow cases for the rest of the year.
July 12, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the Third Circuit enlivens the debate over whether college athletes can be considered employees, the Fifth Circuit is skeptical of Brett Favre's defamation suit and the NFL disputes claims of racism.
July 08, 2024
The NFL has pointedly denied allegations by journalist Jim Trotter that it ignored his concerns about discriminatory hiring and increased its focus on him and his work after he raised them, telling a New York federal judge Friday that it knew nothing of his interactions with supervisors about those concerns.
May 31, 2024
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.
May 29, 2024
A New York federal judge on Wednesday hobbled a wrongful termination suit against the NFL, dismissing award-winning reporter Jim Trotter's claims of a hostile work environment and state claims but keeping the case alive through a federal claim of retaliation related to the league's decision not to renew his contract in March 2023.
April 26, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
March 04, 2024
The NFL's reasoning in moving to dismiss reporter Jim Trotter's discrimination and retaliation lawsuit "is way off the mark," and the motion itself "is more notable for what it ignores than what it states,'' Trotter said in a scathing opposition memorandum filed in New York federal court.
January 29, 2024
The NFL declining to renew the contract of award-winning reporter Jim Trotter last year was a "routine and sound business decision," and his "hodge-podge of irrelevant allegations'' about two current team owners do not support his allegations of retaliation and racial discrimination, the league has asserted in a motion to dismiss his federal lawsuit.