By Jim Turner | July 19, 2017
Amid settlement talks, a stay has been issued in the state House's challenge to the legality of a ticket-sales contract signed last year by the Florida Lottery.
By Dara Kam | July 19, 2017
It's clear gambling regulators weren't keen on a horse race between two aging nags on a dirt path, with the race launched by a red rag on a stick. But what's less clear is whether the regulators had the authority to punish a tiny North Florida horse track that ran the race.
By Anna Zhang | July 19, 2017
The latest of the Michael Jordan name disputes has the former National Basketball Association star being sued over a letter, alongside the Chinese firm representing him.
By Meghan Tribe | July 18, 2017
On the heels of a bombshell report by BuzzFeed that he runs a “sex cult,” R&B icon R. Kelly has retained a longtime lawyer to deny the shocking allegations. That attorney, Chicago's Linda Mensch, joined her current firm last year after leaving Bryan Cave in the aftermath of a suit filed against her, the firm and her star client.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | July 18, 2017
The Dallas trial lawyer visited the families of her suitors in the most recent episode.
By Todd Cunningham | July 17, 2017
A trove of emails and financial records filed this week in the legal battle between fired "The Walking Dead" creator Frank Darabont, Creative Artists Agency and the AMC Network has provided a revealing glimpse behind the curtain of Hollywood TV production and financing. But like the malevolent, flesh-ripping zombies that populate the show, it ain't pretty.
By Max Mitchell | July 17, 2017
A federal court in Pennsylvania has trimmed the claims that former baseball star Pete Rose can bring against the man who investigated him for betting in the 1980s. That man, attorney John Dowd, had acted as special counsel to Major League Baseball, and gave a 2015 radio interview in which, Rose alleged, the lawyer said the ex-player committed statutory rape.
By Todd Cunningham | July 14, 2017
Survival as much as maximized profits was the driving force behind the merger proposal of daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel. With the deal now quashed in the wake of the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust concerns, the two companies are left with an uncertain future.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Res judicata/collateral estoppel barred plaintiffs from litigating tort claims in state court after those claims were dismissed in federal court under the gist of the action and economic loss doctrines. Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Category 2 slot machine license application remanded for reconsideration by Gaming Control Board after it failed to consider whether a post-licensure capital infusion by one of the applicant's affiliates would cause his stake in the licensee to exceed the 33.3 percent threshold. Order of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reversed, case remanded for reconsideration.
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