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December 17, 2025
NY Jets Claim Ex-VP Plotted To Tarnish Team President
A former New York Jets vice president of finance helped engineer an anonymous email that falsely accused the team president of inappropriate conduct, the team alleged in its response and counterclaim to her discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey state court.
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December 17, 2025
LSU Districts' Taxes Challenged For Not Getting Voter OK
A former Louisiana councilperson filed a suit against two economic improvement districts associated with Louisiana State University on Wednesday, saying the jurisdictions failed to get taxpayer approval before raising sales taxes.
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December 17, 2025
Ex-Atlanta Hawks Exec Pleads Guilty In $3.8M Fraud Case
A former finance executive with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks pled guilty to wire fraud Tuesday, striking a deal to resolve a case in which federal prosecutors accused him of embezzling more than $3.9 million from the team.
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December 17, 2025
Hogan Lovells-Led Twins Add Investors, Keep Family Control
The Minnesota Twins, counseled by Hogan Lovells, announced three new minority investors on Wednesday, including the owner of the market's NHL franchise, four months after the Pohlad family called off plans to sell the MLB team.
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December 17, 2025
DOJ Says Live Nation Can't Avoid Jury In Antitrust Case
The Justice Department wants a New York federal judge to force Live Nation to face a jury next year on allegations it bought, coerced and leveraged its way to live performance dominance, arguing in a newly unsealed brief that there are too many factual disputes to upstage the lawsuit.
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