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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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December 12, 2025
DraftKings Defeats NY Products Liability Suit Over Betting Ads
DraftKings permanently beat a proposed class action alleging it negligently designed its platform to fuel gambling addiction which caused one bettor to develop suicidal ideation, after a New York federal judge said that mental distress, "although real and severe," isn't protected by products liability law absent physical injury.
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December 12, 2025
11th Circ. Says 'Worlds' Faces Long Odds As Cheerleading TM
Two Eleventh Circuit judges appeared to believe that a competitive cheerleading governing body likely has a stronger chance of reviving its trademark infringement claims against two other cheerleading organizations with regard to the term "The Cheerleading Worlds" than simply "Worlds" during oral arguments Friday.
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December 12, 2025
Betting, Trading Platforms Form Prediction Market Alliance
A group of betting and trading platforms said they've created a new organization to advance the interests of prediction markets as betting challenges from states intensify and Congress starts to formally structure the cryptocurrency market writ large.
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December 12, 2025
Fired UMich Coach Sherrone Moore Charged With Stalking
Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore "barged" into an unnamed victim's home and "terrorized" her hours after being fired from the university, Washtenaw County prosecutors said Friday in Moore's first court appearance on charges of home invasion and stalking.
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December 11, 2025
6th Circ. Hesitant To Call CDC Puppy Import Rule A 'Ban'
Sixth Circuit judges Thursday appeared skeptical that updated U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules for bringing in dogs from other countries amounted to a ban that exceeded the agency's authority, but still challenged the agency on why age and microchip requirements are needed to prevent the spread of rabies.
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
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- Criminal investigations into sports betting
- Disciplinary actions and enforcement
- LITIGATION
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- 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
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