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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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April 24, 2026
CFTC Sues New York Over Sports Event Contract Crackdown
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued the state of New York Friday in its latest bid to assert "exclusive jurisdiction" over prediction markets and cut through the state's attempts to shut down certain event contract trading as unregistered gambling.
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April 24, 2026
Title IX Agreement Puts Colleges On Compliance Notice
Colleges should feel more urgency to ensure athletes have equal opportunities after San Diego State University agreed in a proposed class action to fully comply with Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex, sports law experts say.
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April 24, 2026
Biz Court Asks If Texas Rangers Owner Shrank Ex-Wife's Stake
A Texas Business Court judge wanted to know if a divorce agreement gave Texas Rangers part-owner Bobby Simpson the right to dilute his ex-wife's ownership interest in the baseball team, asking Friday what to do with the fact that his wife's units were used during capital calls.
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April 24, 2026
Ex-Boxer's Attys DQ'd In Wake Of Juror Bribery Scheme
A Brooklyn federal judge has disqualified three attorneys as counsel for a former heavyweight boxer whom prosecutors have accused of participating in a $1 billion cocaine trafficking scheme, citing what she found were "severe" potential and actual conflicts of interest, after a trial was called off due to an allegation of a juror bribery scheme.
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April 24, 2026
LA Fitness Fights Uphill To Toss FTC's Gym Cancellation Suit
LA Fitness urged a California federal judge to reconsider his tentative order refusing to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's suit challenging its cancellation policies advising members to send forms through certified or registered mail, arguing Friday the gym only recommended, but never required cancellation notices be sent in that fashion.
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
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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.
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