April 26, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Department of Justice cuts a nine-figure deal for botching its sexual abuse investigation of disgraced USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, college football legend Reggie Bush plows ahead with an NCAA defamation suit despite reclaiming his Heisman trophy, and Florida sues the ACC to detail its lucrative media rights contracts.
April 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by the U.S. Soccer Federation asking it to dismiss for good a suit by a sports promoter accusing it of violating antitrust law by refusing to sanction international pro soccer games on American soil.
April 03, 2024
The U.S. Soccer Federation on Wednesday once again asked the U.S. Surpeme Court to review the Second Circuit's decision reviving an antitrust lawsuit against it and FIFA, arguing that the government's opposition to the federation's petition failed to defend an "extreme membership liability" imposed by the circuit court ruling.
March 14, 2024
The U.S. solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that it should deny the U.S. Soccer Federation's efforts to stave off an antitrust lawsuit, saying the plaintiff correctly showed that the American organization worked with the international governing body to restrict certain events.
November 13, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday invited the solicitor general to weigh in on whether it should hear the U.S. Soccer Federation's fight to stave off an antitrust lawsuit against it by a sports event promoter.
October 10, 2023
Soccer promoter Relevent Sports LLC said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't disturb the Second Circuit's revival of its suit claiming that FIFA and U.S. Soccer Federation policies create a monopoly, arguing that the circuit courts are in agreement that cases like this one should proceed.
September 08, 2023
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the revival of a suit alleging that policies by FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation create a monopoly, saying that the Second Circuit's decision to keep the suit alive "will have significant ramifications for a wide array of businesses and industry associations."