The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied the appeal of two high school administrators, who claimed a lower court erred when it denied their motion for a summary judgment against a parent, who alleged that they violated his First Amendment...
A federal judge from the Northern District of California has granted summary judgment to a district superintendent and a high school principal, who were sued by the school’s former head football coach, who alleged that he had been retaliated against and deprived of...
By Irwin Kishner and Dan Etna, of Herrick In August 2016, the New York State Legislature amended the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law by adding an article related to the registration and regulation of Interactive Fantasy Sports (IFS) contests...
By Landon Huffman, Ph.D. The intersection of faith and high school sport once again occurred in the public square, and administrators on each side are at odds over their Constitutional protections. At the conclusion of the 2015 high school football...
The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), a trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, and a small Washington state business filed a motion in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington in Seattle to intervene in a lawsuit filed...
By Elizabeth Catalano and Kimberly Sachs, of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP After the tragic death of Zachary Tyler Martin-Polsenberg, a former football player at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers, Florida, Laurie Giordano, his bereaved mother,...
A basketball player at the University of New Mexico (UNM) has sued the school after it suspended him indefinitely when it learned about allegations of domestic violence. Attorneys for junior point guard J.J. Caldwell filed suit in federal court earlier this...
By Tyler S. Woods, J.D. Candidate, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law In Brown v. Entm’t Merchants Ass’n, the Supreme Court confirmed that video games——like books, plays, and movies——are works of art that enjoy First Amendment protection. 564 U.S....
By Justin B. Kozubal, MSA & Michael S. Carroll, PhD On October 14, 2019 Eric Smith and his wife, Atinuch Naoward (Plaintiffs), filed in the Cuyahogo County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas a lawsuit alleging negligence, defamation, negligent infliction of...
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit brought against the Tampa Bay Lightning in which a fan claimed that the NHL team violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by overwhelming him with unwanted text messages. The court...
By Kevin Brown, of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP On Sunday, September 8, 2019, the Cleveland Browns hosted the Tennessee Titans for the first game of their 2019 season. The game did not go well for the Browns that day. They lost badly to the Titans...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, siding with a high school administrator in Tennessee in a case in which a former high school coach claimed he was fired by the administrator because of two social media posts in violation...
