A three-judge Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel has concluded that a Pennsylvania sportsmen’s organization, the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, is within its legal rights to challenge the method the state Game Commission uses to estimate the state’s deer...
A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL’s Most Ruthless Agent By Drew Rosenhaus and Don Yeager Book Review By Zak Kurtz “I am a ruthless warrior. I am a hit man. I will move in for the kill and use everything within my power to succeed for my...
A Connecticut state court judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits that were aimed at stopping the installation of four artificial turf playing fields in Stamford. State Superior Court Judge Deborah Frankel found specifically that plaintiffs Karen Murphy and...
A former men’s wrestling coach has survived a motion for summary judgment in a case where the coach alleged that Montclair State University retaliated against him in violation of Title VII and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, the New Jersey Conscientious Employee...
By Mark Conrad Duke University’s football team has lost many a game on the field. However, its poor record translates to a win in a Kentucky court of law by persuading a Kentucky trial judge that the failure of University of Louisville to find a “team of...
By Gary Davis This paper is focused not on the art of mediation, but rather centered on Title IX issues in the collegiate and university setting. However, given the tremendous timeliness and complexity of the topic, it may be helpful to revisit a limited...
A district judge from the Northern District of Florida has accepted the recommendation of magistrate judge and dismissed the claim of a woman, who argued that the Florida High School Athletic Association violated her daughter’s right to due process when it effectively...
In a case, whose origins extended back to the 1960s and the days of the Civil Rights Movement, a federal judge has ordered a school district to hire an African-American Head Football Coach it had originally passed over in hopes of achieving a more racially balanced...
A former University of Tampa Cheerleader has sued the university for negligence after she was raped by her coach. Among her contentions was that the university should have performed thorough background checks when the coach was hired. In 1993, according to the...
By Carla Varriale, Esq. and Gil Fried, Esq.* The following represents a brief exchange between two experienced attorneys who have been involved in numerous spectator injury cases arising out of errant baseballs, bats, hockey pucks and promotional items during a...
