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New York Law Journal

Manhattan Federal Judge Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Filed by Minor League Baseball Teams

While four minor league teams did establish antitrust standing and adequately plead an antitrust violation, U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter said the baseball exemption "is a different skein of yarn."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fox Corp. CLO's 'Pretty Big Screw-Up' Could Create Headaches in Defamation Defense

Los Angeles-based Viet Dinh has been the media company's legal chief since 2018 but didn't get licensed in California until this summer, potentially weakening his right to claim attorney-client privilege for his communications with fellow execs.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Astros Lawsuit Heard at Texas Supreme Court as Franchise Heads to World Series

Defendants McLane Champions and Comcast Corp. sought to get the lawsuit dismissed based on the argument that any communications relating to the sale was protected under the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Claims Kumbia Kings Band Leader Cut Him Out of Attorney Fees

"The question at issue in Honeycutt was whether the attorney ... could recover against his former client. It does not establish that the attorney may recover his fees from the defendant in the lawsuit." the 13th Court of Appeals ruled.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Murdoch Plan for Empire Pushes Fox Down Most Since 2020

Rupert Murdoch, the 91-year-old patriarch of the global media empire, is seeking to reunite the parent of Fox News with that of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

California GC Compensation Roars Back Following COVID-Fueled Pay Cuts

Veteran recruiter John Gilmore said this year's tech-stock plunge has dragged down the value of equity grants that are a key part of tech firm compensation. Even so, he said, "these are prestigious opportunities for lawyers to play."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Raiders Name New GC, the Latest C-Suite Change in Year of Tumult for Team

Justin Carley is taking the legal reins of an NFL franchise that has careened from controversy to controversy.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parx Casino Sues Pace-O-Matic, Alleging Company's 'Skill' Games Are Illegal Gambling

The lawsuit wades into unsettled questions of law about the legality of POM's machines, and comes at a time when discovery is underway in the Commonwealth Court in separate suits by POM seeking a declaratory judgment that its games are legal.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Casino Operator, Caesars, Hit with Employment Discrimination Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Gambling Website Accused in Class Suit of Unauthorized Sale of User Data to Facebook

"The surreptitious disclosure of personally identifiable information paired with the name of video game content that an individual accessed is an outrageous invasion of privacy and would be offensive to a reasonable person," the suit says.
3 minute read

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