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CPSC May Get New Commissioner: President Obama Nominates Marietta Robinson to...
When Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Thomas Moore retired in October 2011 after serving three terms, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was split evenly along party lines. There were...
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Beating Suit Against Dodgers Likely to Survive Team Bankruptcy
On March 31st of last year, San Francisco Giants fan Brian Stow allegedly was attacked and sucker-punched by two L.A. Dodgers fans after an opening-day game between the two clubs at Dodgers Stadium....
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Nike Seeks to Unravel Reebok’s Tebow-Jets Jersey Sales
The smooth transition of NFL jersey production responsibilities from Reebok to Nike hit a snag this week with the filing of a lawsuit by Nike against its rival. Nike filed suit in federal court against...
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Williams' Words: Audio Affect on Saints Sanctions
The release of this audio recording raises numerous issues. Williams' career was already in serious jeopardy prior to the release of this recording, but now, he is virtually un-employable. His...
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Concussions Continue to Permeate the Sporting Landscape
The National Hockey League playoffs are underway, and the League is experiencing unprecedented media coverage as a result of the $2 billion dollar contract it signed with NBC last spring. But with...
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Penn State: Dispelling the "Due Process" Myth and Perceived Precedential...
As to whether the punishment fit the crime in the imposition of punishment on current student-athletes and coaches that had no fault here, it is difficult to equate Jerry Sandusky's heinous actions and...
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Challenges to Penn State Consent Decree: Unlikely to Succeed in Court or...
Shortly after the NCAA’s imposition of unprecedented sanctions against Penn State, I wrote in this space about the myth of due process protection in the NCAA arena. Essentially, the NCAA, as a private...
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Three (or is it Four?) Teams on This Legal Gridiron
With the preseason underway and the regular season right around the corner, football fans are gathering in front of their TVs and crowding stadiums across the country with copious amounts of food and...
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NFL Attempts to Keep Insurance Coverage Dispute in California
The National Football League recently filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Alterra America Insurance Co. in New York State Supreme Court, arguing that the excess insurer did not have the...
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NCAA Sends Mixed Signals with New Enforcement Program
On Tuesday October 30th, the NCAA Board of Directors announced the adoption of a new enforcement structure that, among other things, creates additional levels of infractions, enhances accountability...
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UPDATE: Players Respond to NFL’s Motion to Dismiss Concussion Litigation
On October 31, 2012, lawyers representing thousands of former NFL players filed an opposition brief to the NFL’s current motion to dismiss pending in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania, insisting that...
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NFL Teams Up with GE to Fund New Concussion Research
On March 11, 2013, the National Football League and the General Electric Co. announced that they are teaming up to create a Head Health Initiative that will provide $60 million dollars to assist...
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Judge Orders NFL and Former Players to Mediate Concussion Claims
On Monday, July, 8 2013 a Pennsylvania federal judge ordered a mass of NFL concussion cases to mediation. The cases were brought by more than 4,000 former National Football League (NFL) players...
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NFL, Players Reach Concussion Agreement
While the $765 million proposed settlement is a considerable sum of money, a final judgment figure would possibly have greatly exceeded this dollar amount; not to mention legal fees and expert costs...
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Manziel’s Precedent: Can Current NCAA Players Collect Damages from the EA...
Last Thursday, EA Sports and College Licensing Company reached a preliminary settlementin the "Ed O’Bannon" class action lawsuit over the use of college athletes' names, images, and likenesses. The...
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