IRS spurs case by ruling that agents are common law employees of the NFL By Lyssa Myska Allen Ninety-three former drug program agents (DPAs) for the National Football League’s drug testing program have filed a lawsuit against the NFL, claiming that they...
A former scholarship swimmer for the University of Florida has lost a bid to compel a reevaluation of his “Immigrant Petition for Alien of Extraordinary Ability” after a federal judge granted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s motion to dismiss for lack of...
The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission (AHC), finding instead that a state bowling association is “entitled to a tax exemption as a not-for-profit civic organization within the meaning of Mo. Rev. Stat. §...
The Court of Appeals for the State of New York has affirmed a decision from the Appellate Division that the mother of a baseball player assumed the risk of injury when she was struck by a baseball bat off the actual playing field. With minimal comment, the high...
The Constitutional claim of a high school teacher, who sought to continue coaching even though his teaching contract was not renewed, was dismissed by a federal judge over the spring. Michael R. Ladner had alleged unsuccessfully that the Hancock County School...
By Jarett L. Warner is an associate at Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale, LLP The family of a fourteen year old boy has commenced a lawsuit against a Little League affiliate, a sporting goods retailer and the bat’s manufacturer. Twelve year old Steven...
A New York state trial court has denied summary judgment to an indoor baseball facility, which unsuccessfully argued that a baseball player who injured himself while taking batting practice at the facility had assumed the risk. Specifically, the court noted...
(The following is an excerpt from a new book published in May, “Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children,” (ESPN Books), by ESPN reporter Tom Farrey. In Chapter Six, the author explores the impact of athletic scholarships on the landscape of...
A week’s worth of investigations already reveals many sides to Grant’s allegations By Lyssa Myska Allen News of former NASCAR official Mauricia Grant’s $225 million dollar lawsuit against NASCAR for alleged racial and sexual discrimination broke on June...
A federal judge has granted a motion for summary judgment submitted by the University of Indianapolis in a case where the school was sued by an assistant football coach, who alleged that the university discriminated against him based on his race and retaliated against...
