By Lisa Rubin and Douglas Masters, of Loeb & Loeb LLP On June 29, 2020, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California allowed the majority of Upper Deck Company’s (“Upper Deck”) claims to proceed against Panini America, Inc. (“Panini”),...
Approximately 13 percent of American adults plan to bet on National Football League (NFL) games this year despite lower enthusiasm from fans in general about the 2020-21 season, according to a new survey from the American Gaming Association (AGA). Of the estimated...
The family of a Knoxville high school football player has sued the Union County Board of Education, claiming its employees allowed the player to return to play too soon to the playing field after suffering a concussion. The plaintiffs, who were not identified,...
A South Dakota man has sued the Sioux Falls School District and the South Dakota High School Activities Association after he was hit in the face with a discus at a track meet in May of 2019. Plaintiff Michael Moses and his family were attending the meet in...
The family of University of New Mexico football player Nahje Flowers, who took his own life last November, has filed a lawsuit, claiming the negligence of the school, UNM Head Coach Bob Davie and the NCAA led to the death of defensive lineman. Flowers’...
For more than two decades, Monument Sports Group has serviced the sports industry like few others, providing risk management services that have enabled facilities, teams, and other sports-related entities the peace of mind and, of course, the insurance necessary to...
By Jordan Kobritz Unless you’ve been quarantined without access to the news for the past eight months you know 2020 has been the year of change. Nothing exemplifies that more than the about face taken by the NCAA regarding playing sports when students aren’t on...
By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, St. John’s University Without question, COVID-19 has had a major impact on college and university campuses throughout the United States. Most institutions have transitioned from in-person,...
By Andrew Silver, of Ifrah Law If someone had told you at the beginning of 2020 that, by March, global sports would largely shut down, with a slow resumption not happening until the summer of 2020, you may have predicted that 2020 would be a bad year for...
New Bellwether Cases Against NCAA Move Forward In Texas By Jessica Rizzo, J.D. Candidate, Kimberly L. Sachs, Esq., and Dylan F. Henry, Esq. Back in 2018, all eyes were on Dallas County, Texas, where aggrieved widow Deb Hardin-Ploetz had sued the National...
