Seventh Circuit Hands the Ball to State Supreme Court
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit asked the Indiana Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the state’s right-of-publicity law gives athletes a right to challenge fantasy sports companies’ websites for using their likenesses and statistics in their contests. Akeem Daniels, et al. v. Fanduel Inc., et al., Case No. 17-3051 (7th Cir., Mar. 7, 2018) (Easterbrook, J).
Nick Stoner, Akeem Daniels and Cameron Stingily, former college football players, sued FanDuel and DraftKings fo