The legal saga featuring Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has already disrupted college sports, with a judge this week ruling the 22-year-old can play despite having bet on his team—heretofore a cardinal sin in sports, and one that can lead to a permanent ban in the NCAA just like in other sports associations. But the real fireworks […]
Stanford football player Charlie Mirer and USC football player Talanoa Ili sued the NCAA, CSC, power conferences and others on Tuesday over alleged violations of California and federal law in the way the House v. NCAA settlement restrains economic opportunities. They seek for their case to eventually be certified as a class action on behalf of […]
Varsity Brands has reached a settlement with the latest crop of plaintiffs suing the cheerleading juggernaut over alleged antitrust violations, resolving the case just two weeks before it was set to go before a federal jury in Texas. In a two-page motion filed this week with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of […]
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)—the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Commerce Committee—are set to release a new bill, the Protect College Sports Act, that attempts to thread the needle of reforming college sports without creating new problems. The bill will likely face political and legal hurdles, though […]
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A college sports bill in Congress has been fumbled yet again as U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday decided not to hold a vote for the much-hyped Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act (SCORE Act). It’s the latest example of colleges unwisely placing their faith in Congress to bail […]
The United States Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer on Tuesday defeated an appeal by the North American Soccer League, which operated between 2011 and 2017, in a case that threatens more than $500 million in damages. NASL claims U.S. Soccer and MLS illegally conspired to refuse to recognize NASL as a Division II league. […]
More than 7,700 men and women who served as “volunteer” coaches for Division I sports teams between March 17, 2019, and June 30, 2023, can expect at least $5,000 and on average $26,988.66 in payments after a California federal judge this week granted final approval of a $303 million settlement. The agreement closes Ray v. NCAA, an […]
The legal battle surrounding Live Nation and Ticketmaster is entering its next major chapter. After a federal jury found the entertainment giant operated as an illegal monopoly last month, the case is now shifting into its penalty phase. The proceedings could reportedly continue well into 2027. Multiple reports indicate that the remedies phase of the […]
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Last week, UNC tennis player Reese Brantmeier—the 2025 ACC Player of the Year—and former University of Texas tennis player Maya Joint filed a brief in support of a class action settlement with the NCAA that captures another way college sports is moving away from the longstanding amateurism model and toward money opportunities for young people. […]
The Big 12’s five-year, multimillion-dollar private equity deal with RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital is a major development in the economic landscape of college sports—and its legal ramifications could reset the relationship between athletes, schools, conferences, the NCAA and now PE companies. The deal is called a strategic partnership and was first reported by Yahoo Sports. […]
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Un’intesa segreta costerà a tre società oltre 23 milioni di euro: è la sanzione disposta dall’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Agcm) nei confronti di Amica Chips S.p.A., Pata S.p.A, e Preziosi Food S.p.A per la violazione dell’articolo 101 TFUE. L’Antitrust ha accertato l’esistenza di un accordo segreto tra le tre società, stipulato allo […]
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A Wisconsin man, who claims ownership of original music compositions and lyrics for the songs Pack Attack and Go Pack Go, recently saw his $27 million antitrust and copyright lawsuit dismissed by a federal district judge in Wisconsin. Calvin McMillan, a resident of Green Bay, Wis., says he is the author and copyright owner of […]
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The NCAA is weighing new eligibility rules that would allow athletes five years to compete from the time they turn 19 or when they graduate from high school—whichever is earlier. In the meantime, it is litigating challenges brought in state and federal courts across the country. Don’t expect that dynamic to change anytime soon, even […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether the NFL has engaged in anticompetitive practices, including with respect to broadcasting arrangements, puts a new spotlight on a familiar target for the league. The investigation, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, elevates concerns expressed by critics of the NFL that teams pooling their […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last Friday vacated an injunction that allowed West Virginia defensive lineman Jimmori Robinson and three teammates to play for the Mountaineers in 2025. This signals that the U.S. Supreme Court is potentially one step closer to weighing in on whether the NCAA limiting athlete eligibility to […]
An antitrust lawsuit filed in 2024 against Varsity is set to go before a jury in two months, the fourth such case to accuse the cheerleading giant of engaging in monopolistic behavior. The suit also names the Varsity-backed cheer sanctioning body, the U.S. All Star Federation (USASF). Three prior antitrust lawsuits never ended up making […]
A new lawsuit accuses Sportradar of excessively controlling the market for live official sports league data and using that control to suppress competition. The data company is poised to argue several key defenses. Last week Altenar Technologies Limited, a software provider that offers turnkey technology platforms to sportsbooks, sued Sportradar in a federal court in […]
With the NCAA Division I Cabinet weighing a rule change to deny eligibility of pre-college players who opt into pro drafts, the prospect of additional antitrust litigation looms. Last week, the NCAA announced it was reviewing several proposed changes to pre-college enrollment eligibility rules, and if approved, these rules would go into effect in 2026. One rule […]
Roberto Rustichelli, presidente dell’Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato, si è dimesso dalla magistratura. Già giudice al Tribunale delle imprese di Napoli, Rustichelli ha assunto l’incarico a maggio 2019, nominato dagli allora presidenti delle Camere Roberto Fico ed Elisabetta Casellati: il suo mandato di sette anni quindi scadrà il mese prossimo, precisamente il 6 […]
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday intended to provide greater legal protection to the NCAA in setting rules governing college athlete compensation. But as with any executive order, “Protecting the Future of College Sports Before It’s Too Late” is vulnerable to legal challenges that the president lacks the authority to institute such […]
Pratiche commerciali scorrette, azioni e omissioni ingannevoli: l’Antitrust – Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – ha disposto sanzioni per oltre 11 milioni di euro alla società finanziaria Revolut per violazione degli articoli 20, 21 e 22 del Codice del Consumo. Provvedimenti disposti alla fine dell’istruttoria avviata dai funzionari dell’Autorità l’8 luglio scorso con…
Facebookの「無頓着さ」について重要なのは、それがトップ幹部たちの数々の深刻な人格的欠陥の結果ではなかったということだ。政策的選択の結果なのである。
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Fanatics, along with the NFL, NBA and MLB and their players’ associations, recently secured the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit brought by five men who accuse the company, leagues and players’ associations of conspiring to raise trading card prices. The main problem with Scaturo et al. v. Fanatics et al., Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor […]
È in vigore da oggi il decreto carburanti approvato mercoledì sera dal consiglio dei ministri e subito pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale dopo la firma di Sergio Mattarella. Scatta quindi da subito – mentre in Medio Oriente gli attacchi incrociati alle infrastrutture energetiche hanno fatto schizzare ancora una volta le quotazioni del barile – il taglio […]
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