https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Sports & Betting Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:26:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333185 A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of roughly 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches for their settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.5 million to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:52:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333273 A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday permanently ended claims a real estate investor in a botched $2.6 billion Philippine casino deal brought against attorneys from Sadis & Goldberg LLP, finding that claims that they allowed a fraud to unfold and breached their fiduciary duties were too vague. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:21:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333454 A Colorado federal judge told a group of athletes Thursday that any stigma they perceive over his choice of pronouns to refer to a transgender volleyball player is "self-inflicted," according to an order declining to get the Tenth Circuit involved in his decision not to recuse from the case.  Thu, 01 May 2025 21:18:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332716 A Florida appeals court Wednesday reversed a default judgment against a show horse owner in a dispute with investors, ruling that the court jumped the gun on the judgment after learning the owner faked brain cancer treatment to get preferred hearing dates. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:57:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332943 A Long Island, New York, school district is appealing a decision that denied its bid to block a ban on the use of Indigenous mascots and names in public schools, while the federal government investigates the state's education department and board of regents alleging Civil Rights Act violations. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:14:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332957?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332957 An Oklahoma soccer team suing the National Premier Soccer League for breach of contract argued that the trial court should allow evidence showing that it lost revenue after the organization refused to allow access to a local stadium for its home games. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:51:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333463 A photo licensing company has settled its copyright lawsuit that alleged a Maryland golf and country club used a picture of a prime rib roast in its promotional materials without permission. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:54:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332978 A Texas federal judge on Thursday shot down USA Football's bid to escape claims from USA Flag in a simmering feud over the national leadership of flag football within the U.S., saying there are many factual issues that need to be put in the hands of a jury. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:56:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333264 White & Case LLP-advised Dream Games, which makes popular mobile games such as Royal Match and Royal Kingdom, on Thursday announced that it secured a strategic investment from its sole equity partner, Latham & Watkins LLP-led private equity shop CVC Capital Partners. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:49:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333105?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333105 A sports collectibles auction platform used fake bidders to artificially inflate the price of its items, including cards of icons Patrick Mahomes and Kobe Bryant, and scam buyers out of millions of dollars, according to a suit filed in New York state court. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:35:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333319 Colorado would reduce and then eliminate a tax deduction for sports betting operators for free bets placed by players under a bill passed by the state House of Representatives and referred to the state Senate's Finance Committee. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:53:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333002?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2333002 The NFL retirement plan's appeal of a $1.86 million award of attorney fees and expenses to a former player fighting for additional disability benefits will go forward, after a panel of the Fifth Circuit rejected his bid to stop it. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:30:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332699 The Third Circuit has declined to revive a man's consumer fraud suit accusing BetMGM and others of pushing him to continue gambling through more than 1,800 text messages, finding in a nonprecedential opinion that he failed to state a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:31:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332435 A New Jersey federal judge tossed two claims, but allowed contested expert testimony, in a hunter's negligence and liability lawsuit that alleges he was injured when his Ravin Crossbow "exploded" and knocked him out of a tree stand. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:08:50 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332653?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332653 The developers of a $1 billion Miami soccer stadium project under construction have secured a $450 million mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank in a transaction advised by Winston & Strawn LLP. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:54 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332675?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332675 Sports betting company DraftKings Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday that she was wrong to allow an MLB players organization's suit over unlicensed use of athletes' likenesses to proceed, arguing that the Third Circuit should weigh in on potentially novel legal issues that could quickly end the case. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:08:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332011 A biotechnology company accusing the National Football League's largest alumni club of breaking a contract in retaliation for being questioned about its use of government funds told a Georgia federal court Tuesday the company would add details to its suit to head off the club's bid to have the suit thrown out. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:12:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332383?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/sports-and-betting/articles/2332383 The NBA's licensing arm has asked an Illinois federal judge to extend a ban on the illicit sales of counterfeit goods while freezing the assets of alleged culprits, saying without this, defendants in a copyright infringement suit may attempt to move their money to offshore accounts.