The NFL filed its Deflategate Reply Brief to the Second Circuit on December 21, 2015. While the league mainly reiterated its previous arguments and responded to the NFLPA’s arguments, it also introduced a completely new argument in the last scheduled filing before oral arguments in March.[1] What was the argument, why did the NFL wait …
Just months ago, the New York legislature passed a much publicized law authorizing and regulating online fantasy sports in the state. That law has now come under attack. Four New York citizens – backed by an anti-gambling government reform group – filed suit last Wednesday against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state gambling …
It would not be a surprise if those following the legal proceedings of the daily fantasy sports (DFS) world’s two leading operators, DraftKings and FanDuel, were still suffering the effects of whiplash after last Friday’s events in New York. In the morning, a New York state judge ruled that the sites could not offer their …
Now that the Second Circuit has denied Tom Brady’s petition for rehearing and he has announced his decision to no longer pursue the case, Deflategate is effectively over. Though the NFLPA may still decide to pursue the case to the Supreme Court, it is highly unlikely that the Court would choose to hear the case. …
More than 40 million people played fantasy sports in North America last year, the equivalent of 30 percent of U.S. adult males. –Bloomberg Business In addition to my day job as an attorney, I’ve been writing for one of the forerunners in the fantasy-sports industry, Rotowire, since 2009.[i] As such, I’ve had a front-row seat …
In what many predicted to be an inevitability, the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry’s two leading operators, DraftKings and FanDuel, are taking to the courts to defend the legality of their games. The outcome of the legal proceeding will reverberate nationwide and could have a profound impact on the rapidly-growing DFS marketplace. Cease-and-Desist Last month …
Attorneys for the NFLPA and the NFL were back in federal court on Wednesday for oral arguments regarding the propriety of Roger Goodell’s decision to uphold Tom Brady’s four-game suspension. The arguments each side will make and their likelihood of success have been well documented. But not much attention has been paid to what will …
Thanks to the honorable Richard M. Berman’s decision to unseal the filings in the DeflateGate legal saga we have a wealth of information regarding the NFL’s policies and it’s relationship with the Player’s Association. For sports law nerds the controversy has been like Christmas Morning wrapped in Opening Day and stuffed with Selection Sunday – …
Tiger’s General Manager Dave Dombrowski proved once again that he is simply the most adept and creative baseball executive when it comes to trades. The acquisitions Dombrowski made in advance of the non-waiver trade deadline will certainly lead the discussion of who ‘won’ at the trade deadline this year. In reality the success of deadline …
Back in January, we made some predictions on what the top sports law stories would be in 2015. As we approach the end of the year, here’s a look at how our predictions turned out and what we missed in a year of exciting sports law developments. Concussions and Player Safety Noting the growing pressure …