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  • May 11, 2026

    Kalshi To Take Arizona Injunction Bid To 9th Circ.

    Kalshi Inc. on Monday told the federal court overseeing its sports contract brawl with Arizona regulators that it's appealed an order denying its request to enjoin Arizona officials from enforcing state gaming laws against it to the Ninth Circuit.

  • May 11, 2026

    Tribes, Maine Seek Wins In Churchill Downs Gambling Dispute

    Four tribes in Maine and the head of the state's gambling agency have asked a federal judge to hand them an early win in a lawsuit by Churchill Downs Inc.'s Oxford Casino over online betting, arguing that a recently enacted internet gaming law is valid.

  • May 11, 2026

    Trump Administration Strikes Deal With DC Golf Courses

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has struck a deal with the operator of three public golf courses in Washington, D.C., bringing momentary peace to a sticky fight over the Trump administration's effort to seize the properties.

  • May 11, 2026

    5th Circ. Reverses Injunction In $4.7M Golf Cart TM Dispute

    The Fifth Circuit has rejected a challenge to a Texas federal court's award of $4.7 million to a golf cart battery maker in a trademark infringement lawsuit but found that an injunction in the case was too broad and had to be reassessed.

  • May 11, 2026

    Red Sox Ticket Buyers Fight Arbitration In 'Junk Fees' Suit

    Fans leading a proposed class action accusing the Boston Red Sox of deceptive ticket pricing have asked a federal judge not to send the dispute to arbitration, saying online buyers are unlikely to have read the terms and conditions before making the purchases they say were inflated with surprise "junk fees."

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