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March 12, 2024
2 Miami Police Employees Plead Guilty To COVID Relief Fraud
Two former Miami Police Department employees, one of whom is the sister of ex-Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem, have pled guilty to felony charges for their roles in separate COVID-19 relief fraud schemes, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
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March 12, 2024
Roberto Clemente's Family Appeals Puerto Rico TM Loss
The family of the late MLB Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente is asking the First Circuit to revive trademark claims against Puerto Rico for the unauthorized use of the former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder's image on license plates and vehicle registrations.
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March 12, 2024
Ex-Jaguars Employee Gets 6.5 Years For $22M Embezzlement
A Florida federal judge sentenced former Jacksonville Jaguars finance employee Amit Patel to six years and six months in prison Tuesday after he pled guilty last year to embezzling more than $22 million from the team that was eventually used for online gambling.
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March 12, 2024
Barstool Sports Hit With Copyright Suit Over Wildfire Video
A videographer has accused Barstool Sports Inc. of using his footage of the Marshall fire in Superior, Colorado, on its Instagram page without his permission, according to a lawsuit filed in New York federal court.
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March 12, 2024
11th Circ. Says Golf Course Volunteers Aren't Owed Pay
The Eleventh Circuit agreed with a lower court's dismissal of a wage lawsuit brought by attendants at a golf course owned by Palm Beach County, Florida, saying Tuesday that the workers were not owed wages under federal labor law because they knew they signed up for volunteer positions.
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March 12, 2024
Detroit Tigers Say Age Bias Suit Should Be Thrown Out
The Detroit Tigers urged a Michigan federal court to throw out a suit from two former scouts who said they were fired as part of a systemic push to get rid of older employees, saying both men are included in a similar proposed class action in Colorado.
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March 11, 2024
NFL QB Dak Prescott Sues Over Alleged $100M Extortion Plot
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott filed a lawsuit Monday in Texas state court accusing a woman of trying to extort $100 million by falsely claiming the football player sexually assaulted her.
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March 11, 2024
White Male Law Student Claims Bias From Chicago Bears
A law student on Monday lodged race and sex discrimination claims against the Chicago Bears in Illinois federal court, claiming that the NFL team wrongly refused to hire him as a "legal diversity fellow" because he's white and a man.
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March 11, 2024
Denver Sportscaster Says Kroenke Punished Him For Rehab
A Hispanic Denver sports broadcaster opened up to a Colorado federal jury Monday about his substance abuse struggles and stint in a drug rehabilitation center, laying out how he was subsequently treated differently by management for Altitude Sports & Entertainment LLC and its parent company, pro sports empire Kroenke Sports & Entertainment LLC.
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March 11, 2024
Ex-NFL Player Knocked Colo. Woman Unconscious, Suit Says
A Colorado woman has accused a former NFL player of knocking her unconscious when he tried to stop her from leaving a party last spring, several months before he pled guilty to criminal charges stemming from brandishing a gun on the Las Vegas Strip.
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March 11, 2024
3rd Circ. Unsure Of Reasons To Halt Del. Assault Weapon Ban
A Third Circuit panel seemed to lean toward letting Delaware keep its ban on so-called assault weapons and extended magazines during arguments Monday, with Judge Stephanos Bibas pressing gun rights advocates on their claim the ban should have been blocked solely on the grounds that a Second Amendment violation may have taken place.
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March 11, 2024
Entire Deadspin Staff Cut After Site's Sale To European Firm
All existing employees of sports blogging site Deadspin have been laid off after finding out Monday that the blog's owner, private equity-backed G/O Media Inc., has agreed to sell the site to European firm Lineup Publishing for an undisclosed price.
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March 11, 2024
Court Mulls Fees, Potential Sanctions In NFL Poaching Case
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ordered sports agency powerhouse CAA to pay legal fees to a rival shop for slow-walking discovery in a case over the alleged poaching of former NFL wide receiver Kenny Golladay, holding off on firmer penalties until trial.
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March 11, 2024
NJ Hoops League Treated Black Father Unfairly, Suit Says
A New Jersey man is suing the Mount Olive Basketball Association in federal court alleging it did not impose any penalties on white individuals involved in a spat over a coach's conduct that got him banned from attending his children's basketball games.
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March 11, 2024
CBD Co. Says Investors' Fraudulent Intent Claims Fall Short
Canopy Growth Corp. is urging a New York federal court to throw out claims that it misled investors about the prospects of a sports nutrition subsidiary, saying the proposed class action fails to establish a motive for the alleged fraud or that the cannabis company was aware that any statements it made were false.
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March 11, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery became a hot topic in New Orleans last week as litigators and judges at an annual convention acknowledged the First State's corporate law preeminence is under scrutiny. Back home, the court moved ahead on disputes involving Meta Platforms, Abercrombie & Fitch and Donald Trump.
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March 08, 2024
SF Giants Don't Owe Penalties To Stadium Staff For Late Pay
The San Francisco Giants defeated claims that they owed ballpark concessionaires accrued wages after each work assignment, as a California state appeals court ruled that an amendment to a termination pay law retroactively nullified a worker's claims.
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March 08, 2024
Dartmouth Hoops Union Could Touch Off Legal Madness
A recent vote by the Dartmouth College men's basketball team to form a union could set the stage for the next round of litigation in shaping the rights of collegiate athletes, but experts told Law360 some steep obstacles could stand in the way of a breakthrough ruling that turns student athletes into full-fledged employees.
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March 08, 2024
Ill. Justices Give Hockey Player's Disability Suit Another Shot
A former high school hockey player can pursue disability discrimination claims against youth hockey organizations that barred her for having depression, as the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that the organizations' action amounts to barring someone from a public space under the state's Human Rights Act.
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March 08, 2024
League Of Legends Maker Facing $1B Suit Over FTX Promos
League of Legends video-game maker Riot Games has been hit with a potential billion-dollar class action accusing the company of fraud and conspiracy for its alleged role in helping deceive investors of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange platform.
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March 08, 2024
Kaiser Doesn't Want To Underwrite Seattle Soccer Site
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan says a real estate company is trying to make the health insurer "a de facto financier" of a massive development plan that includes a Seattle Sounders FC soccer training facility, according to a complaint filed in Washington state court.
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March 08, 2024
School Can't Halt Basketball Championship Over Disputed Call
A New Jersey appellate panel on Friday denied a local school board's emergency request to halt a high school championship basketball on Saturday, holding that the state's interscholastic athletic association's regulations do not allow for the appeal of a game official's call.
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March 08, 2024
Off The Bench: Dartmouth Union, Iowa Betting Case Folds
In this week's Off The Bench, Dartmouth College men's basketball players vote to unionize over the school's objections, a probe into Iowa State University athletes' gambling activities fizzles amid warrantless search allegations, and a Wimbledon champion gets her doping suspension reduced. If you were on the sidelines over the past week, Law360 is here to clue you in on the biggest sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
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March 08, 2024
Ex-Jaguars Employee Seeks Leniency For $22M Theft
A former Jacksonville Jaguars finance employee who pled guilty to embezzling $22 million from the team over a three-year period made a remorseful request to a Florida federal judge for a sentence that does not include prison time.
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March 08, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Barclays initiate legal proceedings against top Russian private bank JSC Alfa-Bank; Lex Greensill, founder of the collapsed Greensill Capital, suing the U.K.'s Department for Business and Trade; Wikipedia's parent company hit with a libel claim; and a sports journalism teacher filing a data protection claim against Manchester United FC. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
Expert Analysis
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Beware The Rocket Ship: How SEC Is Scrutinizing Emoji Use
Recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases illustrate how emojis may be weaponized to allege the existence of a security in litigation — the rocket ship emoji has received particular attention — and offer helpful insight into how the agency may use emojis as evidence of a statement, act or intent going forward, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Baseball And MDLs
With the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation meeting on MLB opening day, Alan Rothman at Sidley explores connections between the national pastime and MDL, including sports-related proceedings in the areas of antitrust, personal injury, and marketing and sales.
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Opinion
Stanford Law Protest Highlights Rise Of Incivility In Discourse
The recent Stanford Law School incident, where students disrupted a speech by U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, should be a reminder to teach law students how to be effective advocates without endangering physical and mental health, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada.
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Opinion
Proposed Broadcast Ban On Sports Betting Ads Is Overbroad
The Betting on our Future Act, which proposes a total broadcast ban of advertising for sports betting, would violate commercial speech rights due to the heightened protection of advertising speech since the tobacco ban, and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster under a key U.S. Supreme Court test, says Mark Conrad at Fordham University.
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Dispute Prevention Strategies To Halt Strife Before It Starts
With geopolitical turbulence presenting increased risks of business disputes amid court backlogs and ballooning costs, companies should consider building mechanisms for dispute prevention into newly established partnerships to constructively resolve conflicts before they do costly damage, say Ellen Waldman and Allen Waxman at the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
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What Esports Ruling Means For College Title IX Compliance
A Florida federal court's recent ruling in Navarro v. Florida Institute of Technology, that esports are not subject to Title IX scrutiny, could guide internal audits but might also permit unchecked loopholes — so colleges should watch for case law that may alter or qualify the determination, say Christina Stylianou and Gregg Clifton at Lewis Brisbois.
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Defamation Alternatives For Suing Hoax Social Media Users
A recent proliferation of false or hoax social media content has targeted public figures and corporate accounts, and for plaintiffs seeking redress there are three types of claims that may be less-risky alternatives to defamation and libel litigation, say Charles Schafer and Ross Kloeber at Sidley.
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Practical Skills Young Attorneys Must Master To Be Happier
For young lawyers, finding happiness on the job — with its competitive nature and high expectations for billable hours — is complicated, but three skills can help them gain confidence, reduce stress and demonstrate their professional value in ways they never imagined, says career counselor Susan Smith Blakely.
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Pending NCAA Ruling Could Spell Change For Unpaid Interns
The Third Circuit's upcoming Johnson v. NCAA decision, over whether student-athletes can be considered university employees, could reverberate beyond college sports and force employers with unpaid student interns to add these workers to their payrolls, say Babak Yousefzadeh and Skyler Hicks at Sheppard Mullin.
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ABA Opinion Should Help Clarify Which Ethics Rules Apply
A recent American Bar Association opinion provides key guidance on interpreting ABA Model Rule 8.5's notoriously complex choice-of-law analysis — and should help lawyers authorized to practice in multiple jurisdictions determine which jurisdiction's ethics rules govern their conduct, say attorneys at HWG.
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4 Ways To Reboot Your Firm's Stalled Diversity Program
Law firms that have failed to see real progress despite years of diversity initiatives can move forward by committing to tackle four often-taboo obstacles that hinder diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, says Steph Maher at Jaffe.
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Slippery Super Bowl Should Raise OSHA Red Flags For Cos.
The slick field conditions of Super Bowl 57 would be considered unsafe in traditional work settings, and serve as a reminder for employers of their obligation to provide a workplace compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines — or risk paying the penalties, says Kristin Gray at FordHarrison.
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DOJ's Google Sanctions Motion Shows Risks Of Auto-Deletion
The U.S. Department of Justice recently hit Google with a sanctions motion over its alleged failure to preserve relevant instant-messaging communications, a predicament that should be a wake-up call for counsel concerning the danger associated with automatic-deletion features and how it's been handled by the courts, say Oscar Shine and Emma Ashe at Selendy Gay.
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Everyrealm Case Spurs Big Workplace Arbitration Questions
If a New York federal judge's recent textualist ruling in Johnson v. Everyrealm denying arbitration of an entire employment lawsuit is appealed and upheld, it could set the stage for significant impairment of the enforcement of arbitration agreements, says Rex Berry at Signature Resolution.
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What To Expect From A Litigation Finance Industry Recession
There's little data on how litigation finance would fare in a recession, but a look at stakeholders' incentives suggests corporate demand for litigation finance would increase in a recessionary environment, while the number of funders could shrink, says Matthew Oxman at LexShares.