By John Miller, Ph.D. Damian Phillips submitted complaints against the Loudon County Public Schools and School Board alleging race and disability discrimination as well as retaliation (Phillips v. Loudoun Cty. Pub. Schs, 2020). Phillips is an African-American...
By Laura J. Henneman of Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd. In a recent ruling, the Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld the granting of summary judgment in Appellee-Defendant Insurers’ favor and against the Appellant-Plaintiff NCAA in an insurance...
By John E. Tyrrell and Alisha S. Rodriguez, of Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey As the country has gone without collegiate sports for the past few months, many are feeling the loss. Some might say sports are significant to daily life but is it a stretch to...
The father of Jonah Zerblas, a teenage football player in Lake Minneola, Florida has sued a school district and individual defendants over the compressed skull fracture Zerblas suffered on March 28, 2019 during a 7-on-7 football game at Mount Dora High School between...
In an open letter to USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey, multiple sexual abuse victims have demanded the executive “purge the organization of individuals who have either sexually abused or enabled the abuse of minor swimmers.” The former swimmers asked Hinchey to...
An LSU football player, who was suspended for one year after a Title IX violation, has filed a complaint against the university. The unnamed player claims LSU made an “unjust and discriminatory decision… following a biased, flawed, confusing and unlawful...
By Wesley Guzmán, GW Law 2L (Editor’s Note: The following appeared in My Legal Bookie, a newsletter published by Hackney Publications) Electronic Arts, developer of the FIFA video game, faces lawsuits in France over the popular online game mode FIFA...
By Emma Hall and Andy Jackson, of Leigh Day Long-term medical consequences of repeated concussions have been poorly understood for many years and nowhere is this more relevant than in the world of sport. There has been an increase in people taking up...
By Brittany Kouroupas, GW Law 2L (Editor’s Note: The following appeared in My Legal Bookie, a newsletter published by Hackney Publications) Growing up in Boston, video games and the sports scene there were a big presence in Michelle Cohen’s life. She...
By Alec F. Cerqueira, of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Two former NFL players recently filed a federal class action complaint in the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. against the National Football League, the National Football League...
