1025 ABA Journal Entertainment & Sports Law articles.
In the latest ruling regarding the NFL’s alleged “return-to-play” scheme, a federal judge held that retired players failed to prove that the league was responsible for handing out painkillers and…
Apr 22, 2019 4:09 PM CDT
In the 1970s, Tennessee was among about a half-dozen states that restricted the way high school girls could play basketball. Instead of playing “five-on-five” basketball, girls played on six-player teams…
Mar 20, 2019 1:41 PM CDT
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Mar 11, 2019 7:30 AM CDT
Updated: At least eight theater companies throughout the United States have canceled productions of To Kill a Mockingbird because of litigation threats from the producer of a newer version of…
Feb 28, 2019 2:35 PM CST
Former NFL players who allege they were overmedicated and pressured to return to the field despite injuries that had not fully healed can’t sue the NFL for ending their careers…
Feb 8, 2019 11:25 AM CST
A group of well-known 1970s musicians filed a pair of proposed class action lawsuits Tuesday, accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and UMG Recordings Inc. of violating a provision of copyright…
Feb 6, 2019 11:22 AM CST
A federal judge ruled Thursday that New Orleans Saints fans can’t use a writ of mandamus to compel NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate a missed call that might have…
Feb 1, 2019 8:45 AM CST
Two new lawyers defending movie producer Harvey Weinstein against sexual assault charges once represented one of his accusers in a drug possession case.
The lawyers, Jose Baez and Ronald S.…
Jan 24, 2019 1:27 PM CST
New Orleans Saints ticket holders filed two lawsuits Tuesday over a failure to call a pass interference or roughness penalty against a Los Angeles Rams player in the NFC Championship…
Jan 23, 2019 4:49 PM CST
Four Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed concern about an appellate court’s views on teachers’ religious rights in the case of a praying football coach.
The justices said in a…
Jan 22, 2019 12:09 PM CST
Updated: Actor Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks on the ’90s TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, dancer Backpack Kid and rapper 2 Milly are suing the makers of…
Jan 14, 2019 2:18 PM CST
Former Alabama Chief Justice and failed Senate candidate Roy Moore claims his $95 million defamation suit against Sacha Baron Cohen doesn’t have to be tried in New York because of…
Dec 13, 2018 9:25 AM CST
Dec 12, 2018 2:50 PM CST
Court TV, the network that ran live coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial, is planning to be back on the air in May 2019.
Katz Networks announced plans to revive…
Dec 11, 2018 7:15 AM CST
