Sports Litigation Alert Current Issue

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Essex Wayne Brown, a former clubhouse manager for the Sacramento River Cats, sued the Reno Aces, alleging claims including racial harassment and for failure to prevent racial harassment. Brown was employed by the Sacramento River Cats, a...

By Johnathan Wayne A licensed NFL Players Association (“Union”) agent, Vincent Porter, was charged in 2014 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud . Recently, the charge was dismissed and Porter entered into a deferred prosecution agreement for misprision, which included...

By Holt Hackney When the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rendered its decision in Olson et al. v. Major League Baseball et al last spring, it provided some legal insights as to what the courts expect of professional sports leagues when it comes...

By Allie Benson, 2L at UNC School of Law As the recent K.H. v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) case demonstrates, transfer rules are a common form of rendering high school student-athletes ineligible.[1] Generally, student-athletes who...

A federal judge has dealt a blow to the claim of a student athlete, who alleges that Dartmouth College was negligent when the school’s Athletic Trainer and its Strength and Conditioning Coach for Field Hockey and Football permitted, or encouraged, the student athlete...

By Dr. Robert J. Romano, St. John’s University, Seniro Writer On August 25, 2022, Jane Doe filed a civil complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, against the Buffalo Bills’ sixth round draft pick, Matthew Araiza, plus two other San Diego...

By Patrick L. Egan, of Jackson Lewis The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change the standard for determining if two employers may be joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The proposed rule,...

The American Civil Liberties Union submitted its public comment on September 12, in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulations concerning Title IX.  In June of 2022, the DOE issued a notice of proposed rulemaking governing schools’...

By Jake Gray In the four years since the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, more than 36 states and the District of Columbia have launched legal sports betting markets, with more than half of legalized states offering online and mobile...

An American University (AU) field hockey player has filed a notice of appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit regarding a district court’s dismissal of her negligence claim against the school and NCAA. While the district court did award the plaintiff,...

For almost a decade, attorneys Keith Carroll and Tyrone Thomas have been a fixture in the sports industry, representing their law firm, Mintz Levin, at conferences and meetings as well as cultivating some notable clients. Now the duo, along with fellow Mintz attorneys...

By Sara Dalsheim, of Ifrah Law The road to legalized sports betting in Massachusetts has been slow and lengthy, the lawmakers have spent five sessions on the question of sports betting legalization.  Last month, the Massachusetts state House and Senate reached an...

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Commissioner Richard J. Ensor, Esq., has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the 2022-23 season. Ensor, the longest tenured NCAA Division I multi-sport conference commissioner, has held his post at the MAAC since...

By Ellen M. Zavian and Norman Wain (This article originally appeared in ACC Docket and reprinted herein with permission.) Cheat Sheet The metaverse. First coined in a novel in 1992 and often described as a network of 3D virtual worlds, there is no clear...