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  • June 30, 2026

    Tribes Back RI As CFTC Sues Over Kalshi Betting Ban

    Indigenous rights groups are supporting Rhode Island in a challenge by the U.S. and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that looks to block the state's efforts to prevent prediction market platforms from offering sports-related event contracts, saying the litigation could turn decades of federal law on its head.

  • June 30, 2026

    Roberto Clemente's Sons Ask Justices To Review TM Dispute

    The family of baseball legend Roberto Clemente wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether governments can appropriate trademarks without triggering automatic compensation after the First Circuit rejected claims stemming from Puerto Rico's use of Clemente's name and likeness on license plates and vehicle tags.

  • June 30, 2026

    MLB Called Out On 'Play Ball' TM Attempt

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has told Major League Baseball that the phrase "play ball" is too "commonplace" and "widely used" to be trademarked, denying its request but leaving an opening for appeal or reconsideration.

  • June 30, 2026

    Prediction Market Case Will Test US Insider Trading Reach

    The insider trading case recently brought against Google employee Michele Spagnuolo may help clarify the extraterritorial reach of the Commodity Exchange Act and U.S. agencies' ability to police foreign trading in prediction markets, say attorneys at Akin.

  • June 30, 2026

    Kalshi Must Face Expanded Mass. Gaming Suit, Judge Says

    Massachusetts' attorney general may amend a lawsuit alleging KalshiEX flouts state sports betting rules to add claims that the platform allowed residents under 21 to gamble and committed other violations of state law, a judge said Tuesday.

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