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June 06, 2024
Ex-Globetrotters Player Says GM Sexually Harassed Her
The general manager of the Harlem Globetrotters declined to renew a female player's contract after she rejected his romantic advances, and covered up the scheme by blaming the nonrenewal on her inability to learn a basketball maneuver, according to a Georgia federal court suit.
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June 06, 2024
Dolby Labs Buying GE Licensing For $429M
Dolby Laboratories Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $429 million for intellectual property business GE Licensing, in a deal that will expand Dolby's existing licensing businesses with more than 5,000 GE patents covering the consumer digital media and electronics sectors.
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June 06, 2024
MNC Capital Ups Bid For Vista Outdoor To More Than $3B
MNC Capital Partners on Thursday upped its bid to take over outdoor products company Vista Outdoor Inc. to over $3 billion after the company rejected MNC's previous buyout offers on multiple occasions due to its already-inked agreement to sell its sporting products division to Czech defense company Czechoslovak Group AS.
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June 06, 2024
Flaster Greenberg Launches Sports Law Practice Group
Less than two months after launching an art law practice, East Coast firm Flaster Greenberg PC has opened a sports law practice group with a particular focus on women's sports.
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June 06, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, Michael Bloomberg
Carl Icahn invests in Caesars, Bill Ackman plans Pershing's public offering, and Michael Bloomberg joins prospective Timberwolves buying group. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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June 06, 2024
Turf Co. Says Ex-VP Stole Secrets Before Joining Rival
A longtime sales executive at FieldTurf USA, one of the leading manufacturers of artificial turf sports fields, has absconded with confidential information about the company's customers and taken the information to an industry rival, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court Wednesday.
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June 06, 2024
Watford FC Fans Set To Score In Sale Of 10% Of Club
English football club Watford has put 10% of the outfit up for sale for £17.5 million ($22.4 million) to fans and investors, in a bid to raise revenue and strengthen the squad.
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June 05, 2024
Denver Nuggets Owner Says Hot Dog Biz Owes $860K
Billionaire Stan Kroenke's sports holding company, which owns the Denver Nuggets and other professional sports teams, sued a Denver-based hot dog shop chain in state court, alleging the food vendor owes more than $860,000 in sponsorship fees as part of a deal to promote its brand at Ball Arena during sporting events.
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June 05, 2024
Massive NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Trial Kicks Off In LA
The California federal trial in a multibillion-dollar antitrust suit against the NFL by Sunday Ticket subscribers kicked off Wednesday with the seating of eight jurors and two alternates, after some potential jurors were eliminated for expressing strong views on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, player concussions and the league's significant wealth.
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June 05, 2024
Fubo Loses Bid To Toss Consumer's Privacy Suit
Streaming service Fubo cannot escape a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully shared subscribers' personally identifiable information, or PII, with third-party advertisers, an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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June 05, 2024
Judge Denies Fubo Bid For Texts On Streaming Bundle
A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied FuboTV's bid to obtain text messages from executives at Disney, ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery discussing the joint venture streaming plan at the heart of Fubo's ongoing antitrust suit.
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June 05, 2024
Fired Team Doctor Sues Emory, Falcons For Discrimination
A former head medical physician for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, who is Black, has filed a defamation and civil rights lawsuit against Emory Healthcare Inc. and the team, alleging he was continuously denied leadership opportunities in favor of white colleagues before abruptly being fired.
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June 05, 2024
Paddle Co. Misrepresented Pickleball Products, Suit Says
The makers of the Joola brand, a major name in table tennis, falsely advertised many of their pickleball paddles, including some bearing athlete Ben Johns' name, as approved for tournament play in order to rapidly gain market share in the sport, according to a proposed class action filed in Florida federal court Wednesday seeking at least $5 million.
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June 05, 2024
Ill. Budget Has Higher Cap On NOLs, Sports Betting Tax Hike
Illinois will extend a cap on corporate net operating loss deductions, increase its sports betting tax and reduce sales tax rebates for retailers under a $53.1 billion fiscal year 2025 budget signed Wednesday by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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June 05, 2024
US Tennis Wants Retrial After $9M Verdict In Sex Assault Suit
The U.S. Tennis Association is pushing to undo a $9 million verdict over its failure to shield player Kylie McKenzie from her coach's sexual abuse, telling a Florida federal judge that the jury's decision is "against the weight of the evidence."
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June 05, 2024
ACC Fires Back At Clemson Dismissal Bid In Exit Fee Fight
The Atlantic Coast Conference is looking to keep Clemson University locked in a North Carolina state court lawsuit over media rights and exit fees, saying the school is rehashing arguments raised by Florida State University in a parallel case that were already rejected.
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June 05, 2024
Billionaire's 'Naive' Stock-Trading Pilot Asks For No Prison
A private pilot for U.K. billionaire Joe Lewis is asking for no prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading on stock tips provided by his boss, arguing that he has otherwise lived a law-abiding life and is less culpable than many white-collar defendants who've come through the Manhattan federal court.
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June 05, 2024
HanesBrands Selling Champion To Authentic For Up To $1.5B
HanesBrands said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Champion business to Authentic Brands Group for up to $1.5 billion, under the guidance of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day.
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June 04, 2024
NBA-Tied NFT Co. To Pay $4M Over Buyers' Securities Claim
A New York federal judge on Tuesday gave initial approval to a proposed $4 million settlement between the firm behind NBA-focused non-fungible tokens and a class of purchasers who accused the digital assets company of selling the digital assets as unregistered securities.
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June 04, 2024
Brooklyn Man Booked In Betting Scheme With NBA Player
A Brooklyn man has been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to defraud a betting company through "prop" bets involving an NBA player who has since been banned from the league for life.
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June 04, 2024
Paramount Hit With $142.5M 'Lucha Libre' Lawsuit
Paramount and Univision have been hit with a $142.5 million copyright lawsuit over allegedly continuing to broadcast masked "Lucha Libre" fights on Pluto TV, over a year after ending a licensing deal with a California company that markets the videos in the U.S.
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June 04, 2024
Ex-NFL Player Settles With Former Partner In Colo. Reptile Biz
Former NFL player Chadwick Brown has settled a lawsuit with his former business partner in a Colorado reptile shipping company less than a month before trial, resolving allegations that Brown tried to strip the former partner of his stake in the company, according to a recently filed notice in state court.
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June 04, 2024
Bally Sports Parent Reaches Multiyear Fubo Carriage Deal
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks told a Texas judge Tuesday that it has reached a multiyear agreement with fuboTV to continue that company's carriage of the debtor's channels on its streaming platform, adding to its roster of new distribution deals as a hearing on its Chapter 11 plan nears.
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June 04, 2024
Champion Sports Settles Hurdle Injury Suit With Athlete
Champion Sports has settled claims that it sold a gym a defective hurdle that impaled a gym-goer after he failed to jump over it, according to documents filed recently in South Carolina federal court.
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June 04, 2024
Ohtani's Ex-Interpreter Cops To Stealing $17M From MLB Star
Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pled guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud charges in a packed Santa Ana, California, federal courtroom, admitting he stole nearly $17 million from the MLB superstar to help pay off massive gambling debts.
Expert Analysis
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Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled
In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court recently rolled back key aspects of its 2017 opinion in Daimler AG v. Bauman that limited personal jurisdiction, leaving as many questions for businesses as it answers, say John Cerreta and James Rotondo at Day Pitney.
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NY's Updated NIL Law Blazes A New Trail For Student-Athletes
A recently signed bill amending the name, image and likeness law in New York — which prohibits the NCAA from penalizing a college for directly assisting its student-athletes' NIL opportunities — is paving the way for the creation of NIL collectives that will work directly with colleges to facilitate more deals, say Dan Lust and Lauren Bernstein at Moritt Hock.
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5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World
As workplaces across the country adapt to flexible work, law firms must prioritize individuality, amenities and technology in office design, says Kristin Cerutti at Nelson Worldwide.
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Opinion
Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action
After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action admissions policies, law firms looking to foster diversity in hiring should view an applicant's Multistate Bar Examination score as the best metric of legal ability — over law school name or GPA, says attorney Alice Griffin.
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Copyright Precautions For AI Content After Warhol
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Warhol v. Goldsmith decision is unlikely to shed much light on liability for the use of copyrighted material in artificial intelligence content, developers should consider whether their AI-generated work has a different purpose or character than the original to avoid infringement, say Justin Pierce and Maria Sinatra at Venable.
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How End Of Forced Arb. Is Affecting Sex Harassment Cases
A little over a year after the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault Act became effective, we have started seeing substantive interpretation of the EFAA, almost exclusively from the U.S. district courts in New York, and there are two key takeaways for employers, says Lisa Haldar at Lawrence & Bundy.
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Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback
Junior associates can feel powerless when senior colleagues cut off contact instead of providing useful feedback, but young attorneys can get back on track by focusing on practical professional development and reexamining their career priorities, says Rachel Patterson at Orrick.
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Steps To Success For Senior Associates
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Adriana Paris at Rissman Barrett discusses the increased responsibilities and opportunities that becoming a senior associate brings and what attorneys in this role should prioritize to flourish in this stressful but rewarding next level in their careers.
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Automatic Arbitration Win For Cos. May Come With Pitfalls
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent resolution of a circuit split governing arbitration stays in Coinbase v. Bielski is a win for companies seeking to enforce arbitration agreements, but there may be consequences to keep in mind when considering whether to appeal a denial of a motion to compel arbitration, say Marianne Spencer and Sonya Winner at Covington.
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Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities
At the start of Disability Pride month, Rosalyn Richter at Arnold & Porter looks at why lawyers with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in private practice, asserting that law firms and other employers must do more to conquer the implicit bias that deters attorneys from seeking accommodations.
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Opinion
Appellate Funding Disclosure: No Mandate Is Right Choice
The Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules' recent decision, forgoing a mandatory disclosure rule for litigation funding in federal appeals, is prudent, as third-party funding is only involved in a minuscule number of federal cases, and courts have ample authority to obtain funding information if necessary, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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NBA Players Must Avoid Legal Fouls In CBD Deals
The NBA’s recently ratified collective bargaining agreement allows athletes to promote CBD brands and products, but athletes and the companies they promote must be cautious of a complex patchwork of applicable state laws and federal regulators’ approach to advertising claims, says Airina Rodrigues at Brownstein Hyatt.
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PGA, LIV Tie-Up Might Foreshadow Future Of Women's Soccer
The pending merger between PGA Tour and LIV Golf is entirely consistent with the history of American professional sports leagues that faced upstart competitors, and is a warning about the forthcoming competition between the National Women's Soccer League and the USL Super League, says Christopher Deubert at Constangy Brooks.
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How Attys Can Avoid Exposing Their Firms To Cyberattacks
Attorneys are the weakest link in their firms' cyberdefenses because hackers often exploit the gap between individuals’ work and personal cybersecurity habits, but there are some steps lawyers can take to reduce the risks they create for their employers, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy & Protection.
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Virginia 'Rocket Docket' Slowdown Is Likely A Blip
After being the fastest or second-fastest federal civil trial court for 14 straight years, the Eastern District of Virginia has slid to 18th place, but the rocket docket’s statistical tumble doesn't mean the district no longer maintains a speedy civil docket, says Robert Tata at Hunton.