Jeanie Buss Says Siblings' Lakers Sale Defies Court Order

By Craig Clough

Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss petitioned a California state court to halt efforts by her five siblings to sell the family's 17.8% share of the NBA franchise, saying the purported sale violates a 2017 court order that they take all reasonable steps to ensure she remains as the team's leader.

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Full Play Owners To Pay $50M To Exit FIFA Bribery Dragnet

By Stewart Bishop

The father and son owners of Argentine sports marketing agency Full Play Group SA have agreed to pay $50 million as part of a deferred prosecution deal that resolves criminal charges brought by Brooklyn federal prosecutors for paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Latin American soccer officials.

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UEFA Eyes Criminal Case Over Abandoned World Cup Sale

By Alex Lawson

European soccer's governing body is asking a Florida federal court for access to documents that may build its criminal case against FIFA's now-abandoned plans to sell off the commercial rights to the World Cup tournament.

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Jerry Sandusky Says Accuser Recanted Molestation Claim

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is set to appear in court next month for a hearing in which he will argue that one of his accusers has allegedly recanted his abuse claims.

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Youth Basketball Tournament Escapes Hotel Antitrust Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a proposed antitrust class action accusing U.S. Junior Nationals Inc., an organizer of national-level girls basketball tournaments, of requiring its participants to stay in overpriced hotels, ruling that the plaintiff failed to show a market the organization monopolized.

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Colo. Pro Racer Says Botched Mold Cleanup Shut Down Shop

By Isaac Monterose

A professional race car driver in Denver, Colorado, accused several companies Thursday of failing to address mold and asbestos contamination that eventually shut down his auto shop, canceled a commercial shoot and caused him an estimated loss of more than $2.9 million.

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LGBCoin Defendant Says $75K Fee Bid In Suit Is Inflated

By Madison Arnold

The defendant who lost a default judgment earlier this month in favor of "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin investors has told a Florida federal judge that the plaintiffs' $75,000 fees request is too high.

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Peloton Again Escapes Investors' Post-COVID Sales Suit

By Jessica Corso

A New York federal judge Thursday threw out a lawsuit accusing Peloton of misleading investors about the drop in demand for its exercise bikes following the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling that the prospective class hadn't proven that the company intentionally misled shareholders.

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Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Taekwondo has taught me to recognize when to fight for a position and when to focus on finding a solution, and that the best outcomes are often achieved by solving problems — all of which has improved my work as a bankruptcy lawyer, mediator and Subchapter V trustee, says Amy Denton Mayer at Berger Singerman.

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Inside The $150M Immigration Contract That Wasn't

By Daniel Connolly

The leader of a small Houston-based law firm says she was "blindsided" by an announcement from the federal government that her 24-attorney shop had won a $150 million no-bid contract to represent thousands of immigrant children in deportation proceedings.

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ABA Faces Uphill Battle To Remain As Law School Accreditor

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association council responsible for accrediting law schools is fighting on multiple fronts to retain its status as a nationwide accreditor, fending off challenges at both the federal and state levels.

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Dems Say DOJ Opinion Aims To Foil Oversight Of White House

By Courtney Bublé

With midterm elections right around the corner, Senate Democrats are worried the new legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice could let the Trump Administration obstruct congressional oversight of the White House.

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Google Users' Atty Fee To Be In 'Realm' Of $147M, Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he won't give the full $147 million in fees sought by lawyers who won a $425 million class action verdict against Google for unlawfully collecting user information, but he said their "really excellent lawyering" deserves an amount "within that realm."

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Womble Bond Asks To Drop Dutch Software Client Over Rift

By Hayley Fowler

Womble Bond Dickinson is looking to pull its representation of a Dutch software company after five years of a bitter trademark battle, citing a "fundamental disagreement" that has allegedly made it impossible for the firm to move forward as counsel of record.

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