By Robert E. Freeman, Jonathan Mollod, Melissa Felcher, of Proskauer In the most recent face-off between ice rink operator Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. (“Black Bear”) and affiliate regulator Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois (“AHA”...
By Phillip Movaghar It is often said no good deed goes unpunished. Some may say that case couldn’t be more true than for Juan Griles (“Petitioner”), the coach of the Eastside High School men’s basketball team in the Paterson School District in New Jersey, after...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Dent plaintiffs are nine former NFL players who seek to represent a class that played between 1969 and 2014. They sued the NFL in 2014, and “allegedly suffered injury from what they claim was a ‘return to play’ business plan...
By Brian G. Nuedling, of Jackson Lewis P.C. As a matter of athletic department administration, Title IX is an obligation that is more than just numbers. While maintaining a level playing field in athletic opportunities and support often seems like simple math,...
By Courtney E. Dunn and Kristin Hopkins The sophomore year of high school has a lot riding on it. So when B.L., a student at Mahanoy Area High School (MAHS), did not make the varsity cheer team after already serving her time on the junior varsity team as a...
By James C Franco, GW Law 3L (Editor’s Note: The following appeared in My Legal Bookie, a newsletter by Hackney Publications and sponsored by Ifrah Law that tracks the legal sports betting industry. Subscriptions are free and available at...
By Jack Igoe, Michigan Law 3L On May 25, 2019, a group of individuals launched a coordinated digital attack on Twitch Interactive Inc., Amazon’s newly-acquired video game streaming giant. According to a legal complaint filed by Twitch, the hackers flooded...
Risk management, which some might construe as the intersection of law and insurance, is a vital concept in the sports world these days. That’s because leagues, teams, facilities, and others are caught between financial survival and legal risk. What is the balance?...
By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University The hits just keep on coming for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Still reeling after agreeing to settle for $30 million a class action lawsuit which claimed its underage players are employees...
By Nathan J. Law and Nathaniel D. French On August 27, 2018, spectator Laiah Zuniga (“Ms. Zuniga”) attended a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs (“Cubs”) and New York Mets at Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field. She purchased a ticket for a seat in the “Club...
