July 22, 2025
Michael Jordan's NASCAR team 23XI Racing accused the private stock car racing organization of filing a bad faith countersuit in the parties' antitrust battle, using it to extract a valuable aspect of a joint charter agreement.
July 18, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, Michael Jordan's racing team fails to bounce back right away from a tough defeat in its battle with NASCAR, a transgender woman fights a last-minute expulsion from a college women's track and field event, and a football player sees his window to playing an extra college season slammed shut by the NCAA and the Seventh Circuit.
July 17, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge refused Thursday to guarantee two teams — one co-owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin — chartered cars while their antitrust suit unfolds, finding that they failed to show they'd endure harm in the immediate future.
July 14, 2025
Two NASCAR teams retooled their fight to finish out the 2025 race season as chartered teams Monday, telling a North Carolina federal court that their businesses are imperiled without an injunction and temporary restraining order that guarantee lucrative racing slots.
July 09, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday declined to revisit its recent decision scrapping an injunction that had let two race teams, including one co-owned by NBA great Michael Jordan, keep their charter status while pursuing antitrust claims against NASCAR.
July 02, 2025
The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.
June 27, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.
June 26, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge will allow NASCAR to subpoena the financial records of 12 chartered racing teams to defend itself in a lawsuit that accuses the organization of antitrust violations, but left safeguards in place.
June 23, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge Monday rejected a motion to dismiss counterclaims lodged by NASCAR in a lawsuit brought by two racing teams that are accusing the organization of antitrust violations, finding the matter would be best addressed at the summary judgment stage.
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.