A federal judge from the District of Colorado has denied a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case where it was sued by a former athletic director (AD), who claimed she was a victim of retaliation – for reporting the offensive remarks of a school board...
A federal judge from the Northern District Ohio has delivered a mixed ruling to Kent State University (Kent State) on its motion to dismiss the claim of former coach of women’s field hockey, who claimed she was a victim of sexual discrimination and subsequently...
By Takao Ohashi, Attorney-at-law in Japan In the United States, professional baseball players are protected by labor and antitrust laws. In Japan, professional baseball players are recognized as employees and the Professional Baseball Players’ Association of...
Olivia Moultrie, a 15-year-old soccer prodigy, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the National Women’s Soccer League (“NWSL”). The lawsuit arises from NWSL’s “refusal to allow Moultrie to play in the league due to the league’s ‘Age Rule’ that requires a player to...
By Samantha M. Ojo and Zoe Yuzna. of Jackson Lewis A lawsuit brought by female professional soccer players against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) may be settled, partly. In 2019, female professional soccer players on the United States Senior Women’s...
In a labor dispute litigated in the District of Arizona, a federal judge has ruled that an employee of the Cleveland Indians Baseball Company LLC (Club) is entitled to overtime pay at an amount to be settled at trial. The judge did provide the Indians with a small...
By William J. Robers, of Sparks Willson, P.C. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest court to decide that interscholastic basketball officials are not “employees” of either the assigning organization or the schools. Girard v. International Association of...
By Tom Raffin Despite their disagreement on just about everything else, Dan Snyder and the Washington Football Team minority owners are in agreement on one thing: they do not want the public to know what is going on in their dispute over the partial sale of the team....
By Robert J. Romano, Assistant Professor at St. John’s University On December 31, 2020, Ronald Katz, an accountant who once served as a vice president for the Miami Dolphins, filed a six-count federal lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of...
By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) agreed in February 2020 to pay $30 million to settle three class action lawsuits which claimed its underage players are employees and entitled to statutory minimum...
By Michael A. Ross, MS In September 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division granted summary judgement on behalf of the defendant, the Birmingham Board of Education, while dismissing with prejudice all...
By Tiffiney Taylor Brittingham, BSW; MSW; MJA & Michael S. Carroll, Ph.D. The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) has been named in a racial discrimination lawsuit stemming from a former employee. William Harris, who is African American,...
