By Max Mitchell | October 2, 2017
A litigation funding company is facing off in federal court against attorneys representing class counsel in the NFL concussion litigation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over whether retired players should be able to sell their stakes in the $1 billion settlement.
By Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini | September 29, 2017
Entertainment Law columnists Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini discuss agreements between authors and their agents, which are sometimes separate, but often their relationship is defined in the author's publishing agreement.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
Broadcast licensor entitled to statutory damages for unlawful signal intercept where business' purchase of residential license instead of commercial license evidence reckless disregard, as business had previously purchased commercial licenses from licensor. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted.
By Scott Flaherty | September 28, 2017
A hutch of lawyers handled everything from First Amendment fights to trademark strategy for Hefner over the years.
By Andrew Denney | September 26, 2017
Federal prosecutors unveiled fraud and bribery indictments on Tuesday against NCAA coaches and representatives from a major sportswear company that were the product of a two-year investigation that the U.S. attorney in Manhattan said exposed the "dark underbelly" of college basketball.
By Katelyn Polantz | September 25, 2017
Douglas Emhoff, who led Venable's expansion efforts and its West Coast operations until last week, is swapping firms for bicoastal offices at DLA Piper in Century City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
By Brian Baxter and Roy Strom | September 22, 2017
Jeffrey Kessler, a veteran antitrust litigator in the sports arena, is taking aim at the governing body for soccer in the U.S. The 71-page complaint recently filed by a team of Winston & Strawn litigators led by Kessler against the U.S. Soccer Federation—advised by Latham & Watkins—had been at least two years in the making.
By Roy Strom | September 20, 2017
Jay Edelson and Steve Berman have been quarreling over strategy in a concussion class action case against the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Now the two litigators are also fighting to reduce each other's attorney fees, worth a total of up to $21 million.
By Scott Flaherty | September 18, 2017
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has closed the book on a lawsuit alleging the firm didn't do enough to scrutinize a $19 million investment that a Tampa, Florida-area surgeon agreed to put into a local Arena Football League team.
By Roy Strom | September 15, 2017
Gary Stern is going to prison. But that's not the end of the story for the disgraced lawyer's former law firm, Chuhak & Tecson. The 70-lawyer Chicago shop is now facing a formidable opponent: A group of nearly 20 former NFL players who claim the firm helped Stern bilk them out of millions.
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