Zion Williamson v. Prime Sports Marketing, LLC

  1. May 10, 2024

    Off The Bench: Ohtani Translator's Plea, NBA Star Tops Agent

    In this week's Off The Bench, Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter will plead guilty, an NBA star wins in his clash with the agent who sought to represent him, and a tennis player who was abused by her former coach is awarded $9 million.

  2. May 06, 2024

    4th Circ. Clinches NBA Star Win In Legal Saga With Ex-Agent ​​​​​​​

    NBA star forward Zion Williamson secured a Fourth Circuit victory on Monday in a prolonged legal battle with his would-be agent, with a unanimous panel ruling his contract with the Florida marketing agency was void under a North Carolina law governing student-athlete representation.

  3. October 24, 2023

    Athlete Law Doesn't End NBA Star's Contract, 4th Circ. Told

    An athlete marketing agent pushed the Fourth Circuit to let her dig up star NBA forward Zion Williamson's past to prove he wasn't eligible to play for Duke University, rendering foolproof the contract he signed and later voided.

  4. October 23, 2023

    4th Circ. Preview: NBA Agent's Contract Spat Tops Oct. Docket

    The Fourth Circuit's October argument lineup will find the court delving into a contract dispute between star NBA forward Zion Williamson and his former agent, while a former Drug Enforcement Administration recruit attempts to bring back her discrimination lawsuit.

  5. May 08, 2023

    Deal With NBA Player Wrongly Voided, Agent Tells 4th Circ.

    A sports agent on Monday doubled down on her Fourth Circuit argument that she should be able to show evidence that NBA player Zion Williamson was ineligible to play college basketball when he signed a contract with her that was later voided by a lower court.

  6. April 03, 2023

    Agent's Contract Stance Fouls Protections, NBA Union Says

    A sports agent's fight over its defunct contract with Zion Williamson threatens laws that protect young athletes, the National Basketball Association players' union told the Fourth Circuit in an amicus brief supporting the Pelicans' forward in a dispute that could redefine the term "student-athlete."

  7. January 12, 2023

    4th Circ. Told Ruling In NBA Star's Ex-Agent Suit Was A Miss

    The former marketing agent for NBA player Zion Williamson told the Fourth Circuit that a lower court erred when it classified the young star as a student-athlete, which made their contract void, and said that a jury should have decided a question of misappropriation of trade secrets.