By Phillip H. Movaghar & Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Plaintiff outrage is no substitute for facts. Recently the New York Supreme Court for New York County dismissed claims filed against Major League Soccer (“MLS”) by a former employee of the Professional...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Law school civil procedure classes endeavor to teach students what motions can be properly filed and what motions cannot be filed, but they cannot adequately teach what motions should not be filed. American University (“AU”) may...
By Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis Russell Okung, a current NFL player and member of the National Football League Players Association’s (NFLPA) executive committee, has filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge with the National Labor Relations Board...
A federal judge has dismissed the claim of a former University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) athlete, who alleged that the school’s administration retaliated against her because of her support for her former coach, who ultimately resigned in August 2018 amid allegations...
By Luke Noé, MS The debate over whether to pay or further compensate collegiate student-athletes has been a growing discussion in recent years, especially given staggering revenue associated with collegiate sport at the highest level. In 2014, the...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Adrian Ghioroaie-Panait may be added to the list of those who have learned that litigation does not always go as planned. Ghioroaie-Panait, who goes by Ghioroaie, has coached track and field for over a dozen years at various...
Janelle Atkinson-Wignall, the former coach of the Stony Brook University women’s swim team, has filed a gender and race discrimination lawsuit against the university. At issue, according to Atkinson, are her coaching methods. Her team members complained that...
The University of St. Joseph responded in federal court in late January to a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against men’s basketball coaches Jim Calhoun and Glen Miller. The plaintiff in the case was ex-athletic department administrator Jaclyn...
John Tyrrell brings experience and passion to his craft as a sports lawyer. His clients know it, especially those in the sports facility industry. They have seen first-hand how his approach, especially with regard to the importance of properly training employees, has...
By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Contributor & Professor, Sport Management, Drexel University, ejs95@drexel.edu On January 12, 2020 former defensive tackle Isaiah Humphries sued the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), head football coach James...
By Nicole Berkowitz, Samuel P. Strantz and Susan A. Russell In response to the recent enactment of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, and the NCAA’s subsequent approval for a policy change to address compensation to student athletes for the use of their name,...
By Lauryn Robinson, GWU 2L Turner “Tfue” Tenney is known around the world as one of the best esports players in the industry. With his pending lawsuit against FaZe Clan (“Faze”), a premier esports organization, Tenney may earn a new title: the esports player...
