April 12, 2023
The National Football League should not be allowed to enforce "unconscionable contracts" to keep parts of Brian Flores' dispute in arbitration — with Commissioner Roger Goodell as the arbitrator — and out of federal court, Flores and his co-lead plaintiffs have told a New York federal judge overseeing their racial discrimination class action against the league.
April 03, 2023
The NFL has told a federal judge that she was correct in sending parts of a racial discrimination class action against the league to arbitration last month, claiming that in their motion to reconsider the ruling, former NFL coaches Brian Flores, Steve Wilks and Ray Horton "rehash the same arguments that they have already made and that this court already considered and rejected.''
March 22, 2023
A dozen law professors have asked permission to file an amicus brief supporting former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores in his racial discrimination case against the NFL, saying the judge should reconsider her ruling compelling arbitration for some of his claims because allowing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to decide them is "unconscionable.''
March 16, 2023
The NFL and three of its franchises have asked a New York federal court to reconsider a ruling that keeps parts of a proposed class action alleging racial bias in hiring practices out of arbitration, claiming the judge ruled incorrectly on two separate aspects of previous contracts of former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores.
March 14, 2023
Ex-NFL coach Brian Flores asked a New York federal court on Tuesday to reconsider aspects of a March 1 ruling that compelled arbitration for certain claims in a proposed class action that accuses the NFL and its teams of racial bias in hiring practices, saying, among other arguments, that league Commissioner Roger Goodell is an "obviously biased" arbitrator.
March 01, 2023
A New York federal judge on Wednesday ruled that former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores can argue his racial bias claims against the NFL and three of its teams in federal court instead of arbitration, saying that the case "shines an unflattering spotlight" on the league's employment practices.
February 17, 2023
Attorneys for former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores blasted the NFL's most recent argument that coaches are obligated to have all disputes heard by an arbitrator due to a delegation provision in their contracts, saying that the league and its teams "consciously and deliberately" chose not to enforce any such clause, therefore waiving their right to arbitration.
February 10, 2023
The NFL once again argued that coaches' claims accusing the league of bias belong in arbitration and not in federal court, telling a New York federal judge that the coaches are contractually obligated to have all disputes heard by an arbitrator.
January 02, 2023
The sports and betting world will closely follow a pair of consolidated class actions in college athletics related to concussion liability and NIL rights, trademark infringement cases that could tilt the playing field across sports and gaming, and major cases involving the NFL and PGA Tour. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the new year.
October 21, 2022
A recent Nevada state court ruling that the NFL is not entitled to arbitration in former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden's lawsuit should be ignored by a New York federal judge in the racial discrimination lawsuit brought by ex-Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, the league has argued.