/sports-and-betting?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Sports & Betting Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:53:54 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2372255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2372255 A bipartisan group of former federal lawmakers is urging the Third Circuit to continue preventing New Jersey gambling regulators from taking action over KalshiEx's sports contracts, saying Congress intended for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have the final say on event contracts trading on federally regulated markets. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:20:43 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2372019?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2372019 Powerboat maker Malibu Boats Inc. has agreed to pay $7.8 million as part of a deal to end a proposed investor class action alleging the company pushed one of its key dealers to the brink of bankruptcy by "pump[ing] the dealer full of boats" amid a post-COVID-19 boat business bust. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:36:34 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2372171?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2372171 The merchandising arm of the NFL told a New York federal court the request for sanctions from an attorney suing the league in hopes of dismantling its licensing system is out of line and a way to prolong his "frivolous and vexatious" case. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:27:38 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2370440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2370440 K&L Gates LLP has welcomed a Perth, Australia-based Clifford Chance LLP lawyer to serve as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice area, saying he will work with the international arbitration group on matters in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:01:44 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371762 Lamborghini has told a Texas federal court that a case brought by an Italian auto racing engineering firm alleging the sports carmaker stole steering wheel trade secrets is best left to Italian courts and is part of a long-running business dispute in that country. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:57:27 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371209 The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions alleging ERISA violations into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions that should be on benefits lawyers' radar. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:05:58 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2372217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2372217 The Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan law that prohibits the use of drones for hunting, finding the state has a compelling reason to manage wildlife hunts despite the free speech objections lodged by the plaintiffs. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:07:19 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2372175?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2372175 Disney has quietly settled a copyright suit brought by the Portland Pickles, an Oregon summer league baseball team that has attained a kind of cult status within the game, over the depiction of a softball team named the Pickles in one of its animated series. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:28:58 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371742?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371742 Sports betting giant DraftKings Inc. and purchasers of certain nonfungible tokens it offered have gotten a judge's final sign-off for their $10 million deal ending claims the tokens ran afoul of securities laws. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:26:28 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371720 A divided Eleventh Circuit on Thursday granted a Georgia man whose horses were seized by Atlanta-area authorities a fresh shot at amending a lawsuit over the seizure, with the majority saying the lower court wrongly found that amending the suit was futile under the Fifth Amendment's takings clause. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:07:20 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371683 A federal judge denied a renewed bid by the New York State Gaming Commission to dismiss a challenge by the Cayuga Nation that looks to block the entity from operating lottery games on the tribe's self-proclaimed reservation, saying the commissioners failed to establish a lack of equity jurisdiction. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:45:04 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371890?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371890 Lloyd's of London underwriters and loan service provider RockFence Baseball LLC have settled their dispute over coverage for the $3.16 million loan of a former Minnesota Twins pitcher, after a California federal judge ordered the parties into arbitration in January 2024. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:40:59 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371975?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371975 Users of the nonfungible token marketplace known as NBA Top Shot asked a California federal judge Thursday to grant the first green light to a $7.05 million settlement they reached with the marketing arm of the NBA and a cryptocurrency company that will resolve a class action over privacy concerns related to the marketplace. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:58:17 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371456?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371456 The First Circuit rejected arguments by a former executive at the cable channel for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins that a witness' use of the word "fraud" and testimony about his lavish spending tainted the jury that convicted him of a fake invoice scheme. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:56:51 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371149?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371149 A Florida federal judge has denied summary judgment in a lawsuit accusing a motocross event organizer of negligence after an accident at a Supercross Championship race left a professional rider paralyzed, ruling issues of material fact still exist regarding the reach and applicability of the waivers he signed. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:27:30 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2370892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2370892 A Milwaukee-based advisory firm is in late talks for a stake sale at a $1 billion valuation, Black Rock Coffee Bar files confidentially for an initial public offering at a similar value, and the Intercontinental Exchange is in talks to buy Enverus for $6 billion. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ breaks down these and other notable rumors from the past week. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:50:07 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371722 The First Circuit on Thursday denied a request by convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to have the judge who presided over his 2015 trial removed from conducting a probe into whether some of the jurors who sentenced him to death were biased. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:18:19 +0000 /sports-and-betting/articles/2371388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /sports-and-betting/articles/2371388 Kathryn Hester at Jones Walker discusses the key dispute resolution provisions of the NCAA's recently approved class action settlement that allows for complex revenue sharing with college athletes, breaking down the arbitration stipulations and explaining how the Northern District of California will handle certain enforcement, administration, implementation and interpretation disputes.