September 19, 2025
The NFL has asked the Second Circuit for a rehearing on its finding that the league provides arbitration "in name only" because its process lacks neutrality, arguing that the decision will disrupt long-standing procedures across professional sports and undermine a league's authority to resolve disputes.
September 19, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.
September 17, 2025
Arguing that a recent Second Circuit ruling supports their position that arbitration overseen by the NFL commissioner cannot be impartial, three former NFL coaches have asked the district court judge who sent part of their proposed racial discrimination class action to arbitration two years ago to again reconsider that decision.
August 26, 2025
The Manhattan federal judge presiding over a high-profile racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL said Tuesday she will initiate a contempt proceeding against a California lawyer who failed to appear to further explain an erroneous filing that stated he could practice in New York.
July 25, 2025
Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025.
June 20, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the Lakers fetch a $10 billion valuation as a new owner takes control of the franchise, a federal judge urges litigants in the NASCAR antitrust brawl to settle, and appeals pile up against the NCAA's landmark $2.78 billion athlete compensation settlement.
June 17, 2025
A federal judge on Tuesday chastised a lawyer defending a former NFL coach in his discrimination suit against the league, ordering him to show why he claimed he could practice in the Southern District of New York even though it appears "that is not accurate."
January 05, 2024
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and two other former NFL coaches lost their bid to have the Second Circuit hear an appeal of a lower court's order to compel arbitration of portions of their racial discrimination lawsuit, after a New York federal judge rejected the request.
September 06, 2023
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and his co-plaintiffs have asked that the Second Circuit hear their appeal of a lower court's ruling to compel arbitration for portions of their racial discrimination complaint against the NFL, describing the league's arbitration process as "utterly biased.''
August 22, 2023
The National Football League, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos and the Houston Texans have filed an appeal in former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores' race bias suit, asking the Second Circuit to reverse a decision not to compel arbitration of Flores' claims.