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  • August 03, 2026

    Students' Assault Suit Must Be Arbitrated, Fla. School Says

    A Florida boarding school accused of allowing the sexual assault of two male students urged a state court Monday to move their lawsuit into arbitration, arguing that each of their fathers signed contracts agreeing to resolve their claims out of court. 

  • August 03, 2026

    Dems Urge CFTC To 'Rein In' Wildfire Prediction Markets

    Democratic senators led by Oregon's Jeff Merkley on Monday called on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to "rein in" prediction markets speculating on wildfires.

  • August 03, 2026

    Legal Questions Michigan Is Still Facing In 2026

    Michigan's legal sector can expect answers on several burning legal questions in the remainder of 2026, with major litigation over the Flint water crises nearing an end, and the state's enforcement push against prediction market purveyors just getting started. Some of the biggest questions, however, will be answered not in court, but at the ballot box, where Michigan Supreme Court justices are up for election and a potential constitutional convention will be put to voters.

  • August 03, 2026

    Football Strength Coaches Want NCAA To Lift Cap On Hiring

    A proposed class of college football strength and conditioning coaches has accused the NCAA of artificially capping the number of such coaches for each Division I school in violation of federal antitrust law, according to a suit in California federal court.

  • August 03, 2026

    NCAA Fights To Unwind Athletes' Eligibility Expansion

    The NCAA is appealing a closely watched decision in Colorado federal court giving an extra year of college sports eligibility to athletes who graduated from high school in 2022, intensifying focus on the organization's rulemaking aimed at mollifying legal challenges.

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