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October 10, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Data Diligence, REIT Reinvention, Q3 Deals
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney tips for data center approvals, one Big Law partner's perspective on the reinvention of real estate investment trusts, and the third quarter's 10 largest global real estate mergers and acquisitions.
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October 10, 2025
Wash. Linebacker Seeks To Void NCAA Eligibility Limits
University of Washington linebacker Jacob Manu is suing the NCAA over its rules limiting athletes to four seasons of competitive play, claiming the association is depriving players of the opportunity to maximize their compensation in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.
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October 10, 2025
Northwestern Urges Final Toss Of Ex-Coach's Defamation Suit
Northwestern University urged an Illinois state court to permanently toss a former assistant football coach's defamation lawsuit, arguing that the amended complaint, "like the original," is based on "statements that were not about him, were not false, and caused him no harm."
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October 10, 2025
StubHub Sued Over Failure To Refund Swift's Eras Tour Show
Online ticket reseller StubHub regularly reneges on its "FanProtect Guarantee" to either provide comparable tickets or refund customers if the tickets they bought aren't available the day of the concert, according to a proposed class action by a woman who says she was swindled out of thousands of dollars during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
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October 10, 2025
NBA's Pelicans Say Social Media Posts Didn't Copy Artist
The NBA's New Orleans Pelicans urged a Michigan federal judge to toss claims it too closely imitated a Detroit-based artist's work in a backdrop for promotional photos last year, arguing the artist can't own the "concept" of using deflated basketballs.
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
Readership
- Sports lawyers at top law firms
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals