Sports Litigation Alert Current Issue

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer A modern twist on an old axiom is that those with the gold get sued in today’s sports’ world. A recent example just played out when two NFL fans sued the NFL and NFL Enterprises for supposedly violating federal antitrust law by allowing...

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer A Missouri high school quarterback transfers for his senior year due to alleged racism, but school administrators fraudulently represent in the paperwork that he was improperly recruited and ineligible to play. The governing body...

By Carla Varriale-Barker, Eileene McKee, and Riggs Faulkenberry, of Segal McCambridge The plaintiff was allegedly injured at his son’s football game at Monsignor Farrell High School while volunteering as a member of the chain crew. As a member of the chain crew, one...

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer In a significant appellate court development, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the federal racketeering conviction and sentencing for defrauding retired NFL players...

By James Moss Ski Shawnee, Inc., a small ski area located minutes from the New Jersey boarder was fighting two negligence claims, or maybe more, at the same time. One in Federal Court, Birl v. Ski Shawnee, Inc., 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 20; 2026 LX 70043, and one in state...

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer and Professor, Sports Media (retired), Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In Dodd et al. v. Marshall University, women athletes who competed on the swim and dive team contended that the University violated their civil...

By Andres Castillo, of Saul Ewing What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? An answer to that question—at least pertaining to Kalshi and whether the sports event contracts it offers are governed by federal derivatives law or state gambling...

Bond Schoeneck & King (BSK) is a preeminent law firm in collegiate athletics, where its reputation quite naturally precedes itself. That reputation was decades in the making, nurtured primarily by two high-profile sports lawyers – Mike Glazier and Rick Evrard. And...

By Artie McConnell and Janine Anthony Bowen, of Baker Hostetler Key Takeaways College sports face heightened insider information risk given the sheer number of people who possess material, nonpublic information or have influence over game outcomes, placing collegiate...

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer After a tortuous four years of litigation, coach Brian Flores and his fellow plaintiff coaches have prevailed in their arguments that they should not be required to arbitrate their claims of racial discrimination against the...

By Alex Schaafsma, of Birketts In recent years, the financial landscape of English football has been shifting away from traditional lending streams, and the Football Governance Act 2025 (“FGA”) looks set to accelerate that trend. The FGA, which received Royal Assent...

By Edward H. Schauder For more than a century, companies have relied on athletes to build brand recognition and consumer trust. Today, athlete endorsements remain a billion-dollar segment of the marketing industry. Yet while the financial upside can be significant, so...

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer News sources (reputable and otherwise) as well as academic and other publications regularly state that the average career in the NFL is about three years (e.g., Associated Press, Wall St. Journal, Statista). These reports often...

100lawfirms.com is a portal that recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the sixth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports...

Aaron Hernandez, currently at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, will join the faculty at Marquette University Law School as an associate professor of practice and director of the National Sports Law Institute. Marquette’s sports law...

By Holt Hackney The NCAA Division I Football Rules Subcommittee has proposed a one-year trial to modify the penalty structure for targeting, a move that could ease one of the most debated rules in college football while maintaining a focus on player safety. Under the...

By Holt Hackney New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in early February against Valve Corporation, alleging the company promotes illegal gambling through popular video games that include slot machine-like features and attract millions of young users....

Dear New York customers of Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2: You may have seen the New York Attorney General recently filed a lawsuit against Valve claiming mystery boxes (like crates, cases, and chests) in some of our games violate New York gambling...

  Nona Lee, a highly respected sports lawyer, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as Senior Division Counsel, bolstering the firm’s GCSolutions team. Lee was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer with Arizona Diamondbacks. At Womble, she will help...