By Quinn Cummings, Georgetown Law, 2L This summer there has been no scarcity of headlines on player’s contracts in football, baseball, and the like. What’s more novel is a contract dispute between professional Fortnite player Turner “Tfue” Tenney and the...
By Joshua Lens It has become common practice for athlete agents to offer and provide loans and marketing guarantees to prospective and current clients. For individuals who are likely early round NFL draft selections, athlete agents often offer them six figure...
By Nicholas P. Smith, MA & Michael S Carroll, PhD Major League Baseball (MLB) has petitioned a California Court to dismiss a lawsuit claiming fans would not be able to receive refunds due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected professional sports in...
By Elizabeth McGinn, Ryan Pollard, and Anthony Carral The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all aspects of the global economy, and sports is among the many industries that moved quickly to minimize the disruption. Very early on, members of the sports...
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has denied a boxer’s motion to reconsider his decision dismissing the boxer’s claim that his former manager interfered with his boxing career. The plaintiff, Jermaine Franklin, Jr., is a professional boxer...
By Gil Fried On Aug. 25, 2014, plaintiff was injured when he hit a road barrier with his bicycle. Plaintiff was “pre-riding” the designated course for the 2014 USA Cycling Masters Road Championship. There was no signage or marking of the road barrier on the...
By Josh Villarreal, J.D. Candidate – Class of 2021, Baylor Law School and Rick Meadow, National Mass Tort Leader and Director of Business Development for The Lanier Law Firm Covid-19 has upended almost every aspect of life in America, college athletics...
By Lauryn Robinson, GWLaw 2L Michael Heidbreder, a Missouri resident, filed suit alleging Epic Games’ “vulnerable” security allowed hackers to charge fraudulent in-game purchases to his debit card between November 2018 and January 2019. Heidbreder filed...
By Christian S. Dennie, of Barlow Garsek & Simon, LLP This case arises out of events following a soccer game on November 9, 2014, where Noriana Radwan (“Plaintiff” or “Radwan”), then a member of the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) women’s soccer team,...
The University of Kansas has announced that “Kansas Athletics entered into a $2.55 million financial settlement with former head football coach David Beaty, ending all litigation and disputes.” Beaty was fired near the conclusion of the 2018 season, and...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Paul Norris had an idea. He approached the NBA hoping to sell his idea. Norris met with a representative of the NBA and shared his idea, but he had not used a lawyer to protect his interest. The NBA “politely told (Norris) that the...
By Nate D. French and Mari Bryn Dowdy, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney This this construction defect case—on appeal from the 102nd District Court, Bowie County, Texas—Pleasant Grove Independent School District (“Pleasant Grove”) sued its general...
