The University of Colorado at Boulder and the law firm of Hutchinson, Black & Cook, counsel for Lisa Simpson jointly announced last month the appointment of prominent attorney, professor and national Title IX legal expert Nancy Hogshead-Makar as the school’s...
A panel of judges with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a district court that a school district and its administrators did not retaliate against a set of two parents, who had complained about a high school softball coach. The...
A New York State appellate court has reversed a trial court and granted a municipality’s summary judgment motion in a case where a baseball player injured himself on the field and alleged that the municipality was negligent. The plaintiff was injured when he...
A district judge has denied a plaintiff’s motion to compel in a case involving a parent’s attempt to force the NCAA to continue to broaden its acceptance of learning-disabled student athletes. A decade ago, Kathleen Bowers sued the NCAA and two of its member...
The Supreme Court of Illinois has reinstated a trial court’s decision that dismissed the complaint of a hockey player’s parent, who filed a lawsuit after his son was body checked from behind during a hockey game. Specifically, the court echoed the findings of...
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has agreed to permit Heather Bauduin, a 16-year-old Wabash, Indiana high school junior, to try out for her school’s previously all-male baseball team, both this season and next. Bauduin was originally...
A federal judge has dismissed the claims of a high school football player, who alleged that he was wrongfully expelled from the school after he attacked his coach during a game. Specifically, Joshua Davis, a senior at Wicksburg High School, had argued that the...
By Mary Yarrison For quite some time, TaylorMade drivers have been used on the PGA and Nationwide tours in numbers far greater than their nearest competitor; their popularity is undisputed. TaylorMade advertising is based on the technology and the...
The University of Texas has recorded a partial victory in a legal dispute with a company that used its registered trademark – a longhorn steer in silhouette. Specifically, a magistrate judge recommended that a district judge deny, in part, a summary judgment...
By Mary Yarrison Florida Gulf Coast University’s women’s volleyball program has begun to search for a new head coach, after the official termination of 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference coach of the year, Jaye Flood, took effect March 14. Flood’s termination...
