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Litigator of the Week: King & Spalding's Randy Mastro Revives 'Lawyer Ban' for MSG

A New York appellate court reversed a preliminary injunction that blocked parts of a Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. policy barring lawyers suing the company from attending events at venues including MSG and Radio City Music Hall.
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Daily Business Review

DeSantis' Board Members Say Walt Disney Stripped Them of Power

The current supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District said that their predecessors signed a development agreement with the company that gave Disney maximum developmental power over the theme park resort's 27,000 acres in central Florida.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

MSG 'Lawyer Ban' Is Back After Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court's Injunction

A spokesperson for Chairman James Dolan's Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., which last summer put in place the controversial blacklist policy, said Tuesday, "We are very pleased with today's appellate ruling."
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Daily Report Online

Georgia Sports Betting Plan Brought Back to Life in Senate

The move to heavily amend House Bill 237, which originally designated the Southeast Soap Box Derby in Lyons as the state's official soap box derby, took the bill's sponsor by surprise. Rep. Leesa Hagan, a Lyons Republican, asked to have the derby removed from the measure, saying, "I don't want my soap box derby to be associated with sports betting."
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Daily Report Online

'The Martha Mitchell Effect' Tells Her True Story

The "Martha Mitchell Effect" is a term coined by a Harvard psychology professor that applies when someone's accurate account of events is characterized as delusional, resulting in a medical misdiagnosis (usually of a woman). That is what happened to Martha Mitchell, though in her case the label was falsely given to her.
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New York Law Journal

NY Senate's Budget Seeks Rollback of Madison Square Garden's Tax Break

The proposal to take back a tax break is the latest apparent twist in a battle with the entertainment venue's owner who has been maligned for enforcing an "adverse attorney" ban.
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New York Law Journal

Orioles, Nationals' Legal Battle for Regional TV Rights Enters Final Innings in NY's Highest Court

The legal battle centers on a determination by Judge Lawrence K. Marks in a Manhattan trial court in 2015 that held the arbitration process by Major League Baseball's Revenue Sharing Definitions Committee, which had decided in favor of the Nationals, was "evidently partial."
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New York Law Journal

No Lawyers, No Liquor Sales?: NY State Authority Warns Madison Square Garden Owners

New York regulators have begun administrative proceedings that could lead to the suspension or revocation of all licenses held by the entity, which includes Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and the Beacon Theater.
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New Jersey Law Journal

MSG Dispute Illustrates Legal Issues With Biometric Data

The Madison Square Garden issue drives home that lawmakers should impose restrictions on the collection and use of biometric data.
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Texas Lawyer

Dallas Cowboys Owner's 'Special Exceptions' Defense Has Failed on Appeal—Here's Why

"The only real pleading deficiency raised by appellees in their motion to dismiss was appellant's failure to sufficiently identify herself in her pleadings," Justice Amanda Reichek wrote.
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