Court Wants More Time in Sports Agent Dispute

A federal judge form the Eastern District of Washington has thwarted a sports agency’s bid to stay discovery until the issue of what facets of a lawsuit brought by a consultant could be addressed in arbitration, finding it premature to grant such a motion.   The origins of the dispute extend back to 2001 when plaintiff Kim Grillier began working for defendant Henry Thomas as a sports agent. One of his responsibilities was to help Thomas recruit young basketball players to sign agency cont