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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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October 31, 2025
Ex-Knick Must Pay Madison Square Garden $642K Legal Fees
Charles Oakley must pay Madison Square Garden a little more than $642,000 for legal fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday, cutting down the arena's requested $1.5 million.
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October 31, 2025
WNBA, Players Union Extend Labor Talks For Another Month
The WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association will extend their current collective bargaining agreement by one month, they announced Friday, the day the deal was set to expire.
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October 31, 2025
Online Casino Game Operators Sued For Gambling Losses
Three companies that run gambling websites have been hit with federal class claims from two New Jersey residents who alleged they're operating illegally and imposing unenforceable arbitration terms.
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October 31, 2025
Athletes Seeking Employee Status Renew Class Cert. Bid
A group of college athletes, whose fight to be recognized as employees was revived by the Third Circuit last year, is urging a Pennsylvania federal court to certify them as a class, saying they meet the necessary criteria.
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October 31, 2025
How Novel Del. Ruling Tackled Crypto Jurisdiction
As courts grapple with cryptocurrency's borderless nature, the Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Timoria v. Anis highlights the delicate balance between territorial jurisdiction and due process, and reinforces the need for practitioners to develop sophisticated, multijurisdictional approaches to digital asset disputes, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Sports governing bodies
- State attorney general offices
- State gaming regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Sports-related legislation and regulation
- Regulation of sports gambling and fantasy sports
- Stadium zoning and finance issues
- Sports industry lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Bribery and corruption investigations of sports teams or gaming companies
- Criminal investigations into sports betting
- Disciplinary actions and enforcement
- LITIGATION
- Suits involving players, coaches, teams and leagues
- Disputes involving college athletes, including amateurism and discrimination
- Player safety issues
- Trademark disputes
- Right to publicity issues
- Fights over media distribution rights
- Suits over stadium projects
- Cases involving current and former sports figures
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions and franchise expansions
- Team ownership changes, team relocations and efforts to raise capital
- Stadium finance deals
- Stadium naming rights and sponsorship deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of sports law and gaming law practices
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers for sports leagues, teams and gaming companies
- Executives and attorneys at player unions, sports teams, sports consulting firms and gaming companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students and library staff at accredited law schools in the U.S.
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