David Steele

The NCAA has told a Colorado federal court that an injunction permitting previously ineligible athletes to play next season should not nullify all its bylaws, while the athletes accused the association of acting "as if it is above the law."

Polymarket announced Thursday that it had agreed to become the New York Yankees' official prediction market, partnering with an individual Major League Baseball franchise after signing an exclusive deal with MLB before this season.

Judith A. "Judy" Flumenbaum of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has counseled Crypto.com in litigation with the state of Nevada over the legality of sports events contracts, counseled FanDuel, Fanatics and Caesars to protect sports wagering licenses in Washington, D.C., and advised former college football coach Brian Kelly in his successful bid for full payment of his contract by Louisiana State University, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honor

The college athletes who were given a chance to play an extra season by a Colorado federal judge last week asked the court on Tuesday to allow transfers to other schools that the NCAA is attempting to block.

Three NFL teams bidding to send their portion of a racial discrimination suit by former head coach Brian Flores back to league-run arbitration have appealed a New York federal judge's ruling against them to the Second Circuit.

Judith A. "Judy" Flumenbaum of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has counseled Crypto.com in litigation with the state of Nevada over the legality of sports events contracts, counseled FanDuel, Fanatics and Caesars to protect sports wagering licenses in Washington, D.C., and advised former college football coach Brian Kelly in his successful bid for full payment of his contract by Louisiana State University, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honor

David V. Simon of Covington & Burling LLP counseled Justin Ishbia in a minority investment in MLB's Chicago White Sox designed to obtain majority ownership as soon as 2029, and guided the sale of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes to Utah investors who re-started the franchise in Salt Lake City, earning him a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

FIFA announced on Friday that it will drop its plan to sell shares of the World Cup to private investors, after three days of condemnation from the international soccer community, its senior advisor's resignation and a planned boycott by the European football federation.

A proposed class of college football strength and conditioning coaches has accused the NCAA of artificially capping the number of such coaches for each Division I school in violation of federal antitrust law, according to a suit in California federal court.

David V. Simon of Covington & Burling LLP counseled Justin Ishbia in a minority investment in MLB's Chicago White Sox designed to obtain majority ownership as soon as 2029, and guided the sale of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes to Utah investors who re-started the franchise in Salt Lake City, earning him a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

A group of 53 college basketball players told a North Carolina state court on Friday that their careers will be unjustly ended if enforcement of NCAA rules excluding them from the new five-year eligibility window is not halted.

The soccer federation representing 55 European countries announced Thursday that it will boycott World Cup competition in protest of FIFA's plan to sell billions of dollars in shares of the sport's premier international tournament to private investors.

A proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court accuses DraftKings of conducting sports betting in states that outlaw it, through prediction markets that are accessible through the same app as its sportsbook and daily fantasy sports.

The NCAA wants a Tennessee federal judge to deny a bid by a group of athletes to amend their eligibility lawsuit, including a challenge to its new five-year rule, saying they are not entitled to play for another season.

A proposed class action accusing Boom Shakalaka Inc. of operating an illegal gambling platform disguised as a fantasy sports app will be sent to arbitration, after an Illinois federal judge ruled that the app's arbitration clause was easily accessible to users.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday announced that it would hear the appeal by Senegal's national soccer federation of the decision to take away its Africa Cup of Nations championship game victory and award it to Morocco.

The International Olympic Committee on Friday told an international human rights group that its complaint accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of political favoritism during the recent World Cup tournament would not be considered by its Ethics Commission.

The family of a former college football player who died from a chronic brain disease has resolved its suit against the NCAA, filing in Indiana federal court to dismiss the case after joining multidistrict litigation with other former players.

An ex-legal staffer for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has agreed to arbitration to resolve allegations of sexual abuse and trafficking against WWE and its founder Vince McMahon, and will soon drop her suit filed in federal court 2.5 years ago.

The NCAA has told a Georgia federal judge that a college-athlete covered by last year's $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement should not be allowed to "relitigate" his eligibility or claim harm from anticompetitive rules.