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March 27, 2025
UMich Athletes Launch Second Suit Over Ex-Coach's Hacking
Two former University of Michigan student-athletes have launched a class action against former offensive coordinator Matthew Weiss and the university over the ex-coach's alleged illegal access to and downloading of thousands of student-athletes' private information, the second lawsuit in recent weeks.
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March 27, 2025
NY School District Urges Court To Halt Native Mascot Ban
A school district in Massapequa has asked a New York federal court to delay a ban on the use of Native American images, names and symbols in its public schools, saying it will be forced to redirect significant funds away from educational programs.
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March 27, 2025
Jordan's NASCAR Team Fires Back At League's Cartel Claim
Michael Jordan's racing team has urged a North Carolina federal judge to toss NASCAR's counterclaim in an antitrust suit against the league, arguing that the stock car racing company has failed to lay out enough detail on the alleged cartel Jordan's team and others purportedly formed to harm its business.
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March 26, 2025
Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.
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March 26, 2025
Tax Court Erred In Ex-Braves' Easement Feud, 11th Circ. Told
Two former Atlanta Braves players reupped their arguments before the Eleventh Circuit that the U.S. Tax Court made grave errors in a case that slashed their conservation easement value, saying the federal government's failure to address those missteps shields the issues from legal scrutiny.
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March 26, 2025
Texas Suit Against NCAA Over Player With CTE Brought Back
A Texas appellate court has revived a suit against the NCAA by the family of a man who played college football in the 1960s and later died from a degenerative brain disorder, overturning a lower court's ruling that the statute of limitations had expired.
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March 26, 2025
NCAA Can't Use NY Case To Halt NC State '83 Team's NIL Suit
North Carolina's business court refused to pause an antitrust lawsuit brought by members of the 1983 North Carolina State University men's basketball national championship team who accuse the NCAA of illegally using their likenesses, ruling the organization had failed to show it would suffer a "substantial injustice" without a stay.
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March 26, 2025
Pa. Panel Says Summer Camp Doesn't Make Worker Seasonal
An injured "excursion director" for a Pennsylvania campground can't be considered a seasonal employee — and thus entitled to less in workers' compensation — based solely on the camp's summer operations, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday.
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March 26, 2025
Goldstein's Devices Must Be Monitored, Judge Affirms
A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein's request to dismiss a bail condition that requires his electronic devices to be monitored out of concerns that he's been hiding millions in cryptocurrency from the government and could flee while facing tax evasion charges.
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March 26, 2025
Crunch Fitness Fails To Pay All Wages, Worker Says
Crunch Fitness failed to pay California-based employees for all their hours worked, improperly calculated their overtime pay and lacked a procedure in place by which workers could accrue paid sick time, a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit said.
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March 25, 2025
11th Circ. Weighs Muldrow Ruling In ASU Gender Bias Case
Alabama State University on Tuesday faced an Eleventh Circuit judge's question on whether its argument for reversing a gender discrimination win for the school's former softball coach holds up under the U.S. Supreme Court's Muldrow ruling for Title VII claims.
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March 25, 2025
FIFA Cites New 'Nonexistent' Quotes By Attys Accused Of AI
Soccer's international governing body pressed a Puerto Rico federal judge Tuesday to sanction attorneys accusing it and others of trying to block island rivals, arguing that in trying to rebut claims they used artificial intelligence that cited nonexistent cases, the lawyers introduced "new defective citations and nonexistent quotations."
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March 25, 2025
NCAA Baseball Coaches Ask Court To OK $49M Wage-Fix Deal
A group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches has asked a California federal court to sign off on a proposed settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.25 million to roughly 1,000 coaches to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw.
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March 25, 2025
Sports Shooting Org. Wants NJ Nuisance Law Case Revived
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is pushing a New Jersey federal court to reopen its case challenging a law that would hold firearms manufacturers and sellers liable for crimes by people who have bought their guns, accusing the Garden State's attorney general of "hoodwinking" the Third Circuit two years ago in promising not to enforce the law.
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March 25, 2025
Gymnast's Estate Drops Suit Over Fatal Training Injury
The estate of a 20-year-old Southern Connecticut State University gymnast who suffered a fatal injury during a 2019 training exercise has withdrawn a lawsuit against the school and its former women's gymnastics coach, state court records show.
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March 25, 2025
High 5 Subsidiary Can't Skirt $25M Jury Award, Class Argues
A lead plaintiff in a class action told a Washington federal judge to allow an unjust enrichment claim against a High 5 Games subsidiary, arguing that a 2022 asset transfer is being used as a ploy to avoid paying $25 million that a jury awarded the class Feb. 7, finding gambling addicts were targeted with social casino-style mobile apps.
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March 25, 2025
'Biased' Arbitration At Stake As Flores, NFL Speak To 2nd Circ.
A Second Circuit panel weighing former NFL coach Brian Flores' discrimination suit against the league acknowledged Tuesday that shipping the aggrieved coach's dispute to arbitration could pave a new course in corporate dispute settlement.
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March 25, 2025
DraftKings Says $1,000 Deposit Bonus Promo Not Deceptive
DraftKings has asked a New York federal judge to toss a lawsuit that accuses the gambling company of running a misleading marketing scheme, arguing the terms of a promised $1,000 in credits for new registrants are clearly stated.
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March 25, 2025
NJ Casinos Urge 3rd Circ. Not To Revive Room-Pricing Suit
Atlantic City casino-hotel owners have told the Third Circuit a lower court was right to toss a case accusing them of inflating room rates by using the same software to set prices because there's no problem with multiple businesses separately choosing to use the same service.
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March 25, 2025
NCAA Makes New Bid To Sink Athletes' Wage Suit
A group of student-athletes still failed to show that their colleges, universities and the NCAA had the joint control typical of employers even after their cases took a trip to the Third Circuit, the association told a Pennsylvania federal court, launching a renewed bid to toss the students' suit.
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March 25, 2025
Pro Tennis Player Asks 11th Circ. To Affirm $9M Abuse Ruling
A professional tennis player who was awarded $9 million over claims of sexual abuse from her coach has asked the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the ruling, arguing that a Florida federal court properly found the training facility should have done more to protect her based on the evidence.
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March 25, 2025
Phillies Sue To Keep Player Stats Program Exclusive
The Philadelphia Phillies took the owners of a baseball statistics and analytics program it paid extra to have exclusive access to into Pennsylvania state court for allegedly working to "circumvent" that exclusivity and sell parts of the system to other teams.
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March 24, 2025
Mass. Wants Info On Robinhood's March Madness Contracts
Massachusetts' secretary of state has issued a subpoena to Robinhood Markets Inc. related to the trading platform's sporting event contracts tied to this year's March Madness tournaments, officials said Monday.
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March 24, 2025
Judge OKs NIL Recruiting Rules Deal Between States, NCAA
A Tennessee federal judge has signed off on a settlement that resolves antitrust litigation over the NCAA's practice of banning the use of possible name, image and likeness compensation when recruiting athletes.
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March 24, 2025
NFL Blew Chance To Keep Atty Fees, Ex-Player Tells 5th Circ.
Former NFL player Michael Cloud, whose award of disability benefits by the league was reversed in 2023, told the Fifth Circuit that the league had forfeited its chance to reverse the awarding of attorney fees and should have its second attempt thrown out.
Expert Analysis
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NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification
A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.
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Opinion
NCAA Name, Image, Likeness Settlement Is A $2.8B Mistake
While the plaintiffs in House v. NCAA might call the proposed settlement on name, image and likeness payments for college athletes a breakthrough, it's a legally dubious Band-Aid that props up a system favoring a select handful of male athletes at the expense of countless others, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.
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What's Potentially In Store For CFTC Under New Leadership
Under the leadership of acting U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Caroline Pham, and with the nomination of former commissioner Brian Quintenz to serve as permanent chair, the commission is set to widely embrace digital assets and event contracts, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Pepperdine Case Highlights Shift In Collegiate IP Landscape
A complaint filed by Pepperdine University against Netflix and Warner Bros. two weeks ago alleges that a comedy series unlawfully copies the school's trademarks, and the decision could reshape the portrayal of collegiate athletics on screen and the legal tools schools use to defend their emblems, says Mindy Lewis at Michelman & Robinson.
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Opinion
SEC Defense Bar Should Pursue Sanctions Flexibility Now
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defense bar has an opening under the new administration to propose flexible, tailored sanctions that can substantially remediate misconduct and prevent future wrongdoing instead of onerous penalties, which could set sanctions precedent for years to come, says Josh Hess at BCLP.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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US Soccer Win Shows Value Of Defining 'Relevant Market'
Despite U.S. Soccer's successful defense against North American Soccer League's antitrust allegations, sports leagues should continue to be mindful of risks posed by hierarchical structures since the New York federal judge in that suit found a triable issue of fact on the relevant markets issue, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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McMahon SEC Settlement Warns Of Nondisclosure's Price
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent financial nondisclosure settlement with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon illustrates the breadth of executives' reimbursement obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and highlights the importance of building robust internal corporate reporting processes, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.