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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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February 25, 2026
Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Abused NBA Players' Trust, Jury Hears
A prosecutor told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that former Morgan Stanley investment adviser Darryl Cohen pulled off a long con of current and former NBA players, winning their confidence and friendship before cheating them out of more than $5 million.
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February 25, 2026
NCAA Settling Tennis Players' Prize Money Class Action
Two tennis players asked a North Carolina federal judge to put class action litigation accusing the NCAA of violating antitrust laws by stopping college athletes from accepting prize money in outside tournaments on hold while the parties hash out a settlement agreement.
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February 25, 2026
CFTC Warns Against Prediction Market Insider Trading
The CFTC on Wednesday warned prediction market traders it "has full authority to police illegal trading practices" on regulated platforms as it flagged two penalties Kalshi levied against an editor for popular internet video brand MrBeast and a California political candidate who each allegedly flouted the platform's insider trading rules.
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February 25, 2026
Nvidia Says YouTubers' AI Scraping Suit Undermines Fair Use
Nvidia urged a California federal judge to nix a lawsuit alleging it circumvented measures to scrape data from YouTube videos to train its AI model, arguing Monday the Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn't prohibit circumvention of measures that prevent copying — which allows the public to make fair use of copyrighted works.
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February 25, 2026
Valve Promotes Illegal Gambling In Its Games, NY AG Claims
The New York attorney general Wednesday sued Valve Corp., claiming the video game developer has been illegally promoting gambling to children through games like Counter-Strike by "enticing" them to pay for chances to win virtual items, some of which can be rare and hold significant monetary value.
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